Plato's ""Laws"" - 9780226826424

Plato's \""Laws\""The Discovery of Being\nAuthor(s): Seth Benardete\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226826424, 978-0226826424\nSynopsis\nAn insightful commentary on Platos Laws, his complex final work.\n\n TheLawswas Platos last work, his longest, and one of his most difficult. In contrast to theRepublic,which presents an abstract ideal, theLawsappears to provide practical guidelines for the establishment and maintenance of political order in the real world. Classicist Seth Benardete offers a rich analysis of each of the twelve books of theLaws, which illuminates Platos major themes and arguments concerning theology, the soul, justice, and education. \n\n Most importantly, Benardete shows how music in a broad sense, including drama, epic poetry, and even puppetry, mediates between reason and the city in Platos philosophy of law. Benardete also uncovers the works concealed ontological dimen.