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The Law Most Beautiful and Best - Medical Argument and Magical Rhetoric in Plato's Laws (Hardcover)
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The Law Most Beautiful and Best - Medical Argument and Magical Rhetoric in Plato's Laws (Hardcover)
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How can citizens be persuaded to voluntarily obey good laws?
Randall Baldwin Clark addresses this question by looking at one of
the oldest works ever to pose it: Plato's Laws. The Law Most
Beautiful and Best explores one of the most striking metaphors in
the Laws: the suggestion that the gentle and persuasive bedside
manner that characterizes rational medicine should serve as the
model for political persuasion. Clark's careful reading of the Laws
challenges traditional interpretations of this metaphor,
emphasizing instead the way the dialogue subtly reasserts the
efficacy of the magical arts. Just as the Athenian stranger treats
his patients with a combination of rational and irrational
therapies, so too must the philosophical reader should he wish to
preserve his city's health be willing to avail himself of both the
gentle persuasion of reasoned discourse and the enchanting coercion
of irrational rhetoric. Both a close examination of the Laws and a
thoughtful approach to an ageless political dilemma, The Law Most
Beautiful and Best is essential reading for scholars interested in
jurisprudence, classics, rhetoric, and political science."
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