Plato's The Laws are just that - a vision of a complete legal system for an Ancient Greek city. Three old men are on a religious pilgrimage - an Athenian, a Spartan, and a Cretan. As they travel, it emerges that the Cretan has been given the duty to come up with laws for a new colony, and the men spend the rest of their journey devising and discussing these laws. Following from his utopian and theoretical Republic, which laid out an ideal state, The Laws is a more practical and viable version of Plato's political principles. It is his conception of the day-to-day workings of a small city, with attention to all aspects of life - religion, education, commerce, recreation, and family.

介质类型	图书 Paperback Book (平装胶订图书)
已发行	2009年11月12日
ISBN13	9781605125299
出版商	Akasha Classics
页数	482
商品尺寸	216 × 140 × 27 mm · 607 g
语言	英语