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Plato |
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Titolo |
Laws 10 / / Plato ; translated with a commentary by Robert Mayhew |
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Oxford : , : Clarendon Press, , 2008 |
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0-19-187528-7 |
0-19-152756-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Political science |
State, The |
Religion and politics |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2008. |
Translated from the Ancient Greek. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-225) and indexes. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Book 10 of the Laws sets out Plato's last thoughts on the gods, piety, and religion. Robert Mayhew presents a new English translation of this important text with a detailed commentary that highlights its philosophical, political, and religious significance. - ;The Laws is Plato's last and longest dialogue. Although it has been neglected (compared to such works as the Republic and Symposium), it is beginning to receive a great deal of scholarly attention. Book 10 of the Laws contains Plato's fullest defence of the existence of the gods, and his last word on their nature, as well as a presentation and defence of laws against impiety (e.g. atheism). Plato's primary aim is to defend the idea that the gods. exist and that they are good - this latter meaning that they do not neglect human beings and cannot be swayed by prayers and sacrifices to overlook injustice. As such, the Laws is an important text for anyone interested in ancient Greek religion, philosophy, and politics generally, and the later thought of Plato in particular. Robert Mayhew presents a new translation, with commentary, of Book 10 of the Laws . His primary aim in the translation is fidelity to the Greek. His commentary focuses on philosophical issues (broadly understood to include religion and |
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politics), and deals with philological matters only when doing so serves to better explain those issues. Knowledge of Greek is not assumed, and the Greek that does appear has been transliterated. It is the first commentary in English of any kind on. Laws 10 for nearly 140 years. - ;This is a book that anyone seriously interested in Plato's Laws will want to consult... a clear, useful, and judicious examination of a too-long neglected text. I have no doubt that it will both stimulate new interest in Laws 10 and provide a sturdy foundation for further study of it. - Nathan Powers, Notre Dame |
Philosophical Review;...this book will prove to be eminently useful to students and scholars of Laws 10, and...to readers of Laws and Plato's other dialogues. - James Wood POLIS. |
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