The Laws of Plato

The Laws Platos longest discourse and a necessary correction to the more visionary and utopian Republic has long been acknowledged as the most thorough explication of the practical implications of his philosophy. We witness the development of a detailed plan for a new political order that embodies the outcomes of Platos mature reflection on the family the status of women property rights the criminal justice system and the role of religion and the fine arts in a healthy republic in this animated encounter between a foreign philosopher and a powerful statesman.