{"product_id":"platos-pragmatic-project-myrthe-l-bartels-9783515118002","title":"Plato's Pragmatic Project: A Reading of Plato's 'Laws'","description":"When we think about Plato's philosophy, his \u003ci\u003eLaws\u003c\/i\u003e is usually not the first work that comes to mind. Plato's final magnum opus is a perplexing text in many ways, even apart from the fact that its very existence forces us to reflect on the question of how it relates to Plato's other major political work, \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e. The debate about Plato's \u003ci\u003eLaws \u003c\/i\u003eusually disregards its composition and the way in which the legislation takes shape in the dialogue. This book offers a fresh reading of Plato's \u003ci\u003eLaws\u003c\/i\u003e that treats its form as an integral part of its philosophy, and asks what the way in which Plato's legislative project is given shape in the text suggests about the status of that project. It argues that the legislative project is strikingly pragmatic for a work of Platonic philosophy and should therefore be understood in its own terms. Rather than laying down a definitive law code for a new colony (Magnesia) that is based on, or at least in some way presupposes, a metaphysical norm, Plato's last work creates its own moral framework, in which lawgiving provides a convenient practical test for a notion of virtue understood as social conditioning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Myrthe L. Bartels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3515118004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783515118002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Myrthe L. Bartels","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066385346815,"sku":"9783515118002","price":77.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_20eb0e0b-8934-49fe-ae8e-78ad404614d0.jpg?v=1768678195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/platos-pragmatic-project-myrthe-l-bartels-9783515118002","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}