Plato's Cretan City : : A Historical Interpretation of the Laws / / Glenn R. Morrow.

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 exa...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©1960
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (648 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD (1993)
  • PREFACE
  • ADDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE. THREE HISTORICAL STATES
  • CHAPTER I. CRETE
  • CHAPTER II. SPARTA
  • CHAPTER III. ATHENS
  • PART TWO. PLATO'S CITY
  • CHAPTER IV. PROPERTY AND THE FAMILY
  • CHAPTER V. GOVERNMENT
  • CHAPTER VI. THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
  • CHAPTER VII. EDUCATION
  • CHAPTER VIII. RELIGION
  • CHAPTER IX. THE NOCTURNAL COUNCIL
  • PART THREE. PLATO'S PRINCIPLES
  • CHAPTER X. THE MIXED CONSTITUTION
  • CHAPTER XI. THE RULE OF LAW
  • CHAPTER XII. THE RULE OF PHILOSOPHY
  • RETROSPECT
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • INDEX OF PASSAGES
  • INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS CITED