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Plato's Cretan City: A Historical Interpretation of the Laws
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Plato's Cretan City: A Historical Interpretation of the Laws Paperback - 1993

by Glenn R. Morrow


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Plato's Cretan City is a thorough investigation into the roots of Plato's Laws and a compelling explication of his ideas on legislation and social institutions. A dialogue among three travelers, the Laws proposes a detailed plan for administering a new colony on the island of Crete. In examining this dialogue, Glenn Morrow describes the contemporary Greek institutions in Athens, Crete, and Sparta on which Plato based his model city, and explores the philosopher's proposed regulations concerning property, the family, government, and the administration of justice, education, and religion. He approaches the Laws as both a living document of reform and a philosophical inquiry into humankind's highest earthly duty.

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"[A] landmark in Platonic scholarship. . . . Every informed interpretation of Plato's Laws in the last thirty years has built on the foundation that [Morrow] provided."--from the foreword

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  • Title Plato's Cretan City: A Historical Interpretation of the Laws
  • Author Glenn R. Morrow
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Pages 648
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press, Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 1993-10-24
  • ISBN 9780691024844 / 0691024847
  • Weight 2.02 lbs (0.92 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.15 x 6.08 x 1.33 in (23.24 x 15.44 x 3.38 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects State, The, Plato
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 93002271
  • Dewey Decimal Code 321.07

About the author

Glenn R. Morrow (1895-1976) was Adam Seybert Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.
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