{"product_id":"laws-volume-ii","title":"Laws, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinal thoughts on an ideal constitution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlato,  the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BC. In early manhood  an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy  in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain;  that he left Athens for a time after Socrates’ execution is probable;  that later he went to Cyrene, Egypt, and Sicily is possible; that he was  wealthy is likely; that he was critical of “advanced” democracy is  obvious. He lived to be 80 years old. Linguistic tests including those  of computer science still try to establish the order of his extant  philosophical dialogues, written in splendid prose and revealing  Socrates’ mind fused with Plato’s thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLaches\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Charmides\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLysis\u003c\/i\u003e, Socrates and others discuss separate ethical conceptions. \u003ci\u003eProtagoras\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Ion,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMeno\u003c\/i\u003e discuss whether righteousness can be taught. In \u003ci\u003eGorgias\u003c\/i\u003e, Socrates is estranged from his city’s thought, and his fate is impending. The \u003ci\u003eApology\u003c\/i\u003e (not a dialogue), \u003ci\u003eCrito\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Euthyphro\u003c\/i\u003e, and the unforgettable \u003ci\u003ePhaedo\u003c\/i\u003e relate the trial and death of Socrates and propound the immortality of the soul. In the famous \u003ci\u003eSymposium\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e, written when Socrates was still alive, we find the origin and meaning of love. \u003ci\u003eCratylus\u003c\/i\u003e discusses the nature of language. The great masterpiece in ten books, the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e,  concerns righteousness (and involves education, equality of the sexes,  the structure of society, and abolition of slavery). Of the six  so-called dialectical dialogues \u003ci\u003eEuthydemus\u003c\/i\u003e deals with philosophy; metaphysical \u003ci\u003eParmenides\u003c\/i\u003e is about general concepts and absolute being; \u003ci\u003eTheaetetus\u003c\/i\u003e reasons about the theory of knowledge. Of its sequels, \u003ci\u003eSophist\u003c\/i\u003e deals with not-being; \u003ci\u003ePoliticus\u003c\/i\u003e with good and bad statesmanship and governments; \u003ci\u003ePhilebus\u003c\/i\u003e with what is good. The \u003ci\u003eTimaeus\u003c\/i\u003e seeks the origin of the visible universe out of abstract geometrical elements. The unfinished \u003ci\u003eCritias\u003c\/i\u003e treats of lost Atlantis. Unfinished also is Plato’s last work, \u003ci\u003eLaws\u003c\/i\u003e, a critical discussion of principles of law which Plato thought the Greeks might accept.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Loeb Classical Library edition of Plato is in twelve volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54241675903320,"sku":"9780674992115","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674992115.jpg?v=1779942663","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/laws-volume-ii","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}