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Apollo
Apology (Plato)
Aristocracy
Aristotle
Atimia
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Author_Glenn R. Morrow
Callicles
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Charmides (dialogue)
Critias
Critias (dialogue)
Criticism
Demiurge
Democracy
Democritus
Despotism
Dionysus
Doctrine
Dokimasia
Dorians
Draconian constitution
Ephor
Ephorus
Epinomis
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Euripides
Excursus
Exegesis
Explanation
Gerousia
Helots
Impiety
Institution
Isocrates
Legislation
Legislator
Metic
Mixed government
Multitude
Nous
Of Education
Oligarchy
Philosopher
Philosophy
Phratry
Plato
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Prosecutor
Recommendation (European Union)
Religion
Religious law
Roman Government
Rule of law
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Sovereignty
Superiority (short story)
The Open Society and Its Enemies
The Other Hand
The Philosopher
Theramenes
Thought
Thucydides
Trial of Socrates
Tyrant
Tyrtaeus
Voting
Warfare
Zaleucus
Product details
- ISBN 9780691024844
- Weight: 936g
- Dimensions: 197 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 24 Oct 1993
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Glenn R. Morrow (1895-1976) was Adam Seybert Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.
