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Plato's Second Republic - An Essay on the Laws (Hardcover)
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Plato's Second Republic - An Essay on the Laws (Hardcover)
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An argument for why Plato's Laws can be considered his most
important political dialogue In Plato's Second Republic, Andre Laks
argues that the Laws, Plato's last and longest dialogue, is also
his most important political work, surpassing the Republic in
historical relevance. Laks offers a thorough reappraisal of this
less renowned text, and examines how it provides a critical
foundation for the principles of lawmaking. In doing so, he makes
clear the tremendous impact the Laws had not only on political
philosophy, but also on modern political history. Laks shows how
the four central ideas in the Laws-the corruptibility of unchecked
power, the rule of law, a "middle" constitution, and the political
necessity of legislative preambles-are articulated within an
intricate and masterful literary architecture. He reveals how the
work develops a theological conception of law anchored in political
ideas about a god, divine reason, that is the measure of political
order. Laks's reading opens a complex analysis of the relationships
between rulers and citizens; their roles in a political system; the
power of reason and persuasion, as opposed to force, in commanding
obedience; and the place of freedom. Plato's Second Republic
presents a sophisticated reevaluation of a philosophical work that
has exerted an enormous if often hidden influence even into the
present day.
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