Laws - Plato

A sharp contrast to the Utopian nature of The Rlic, Laws sets out in practical form the structure of actual society, and how, realistically, humanity can expect to govern itself. The last of the ¿dialogues¿ by the Greek philosopher and mathematician PLATO (c. 428 B.C.¿c. 347 B.C.), this meditation on the nature of culture contains much that sounds outmoded to modern ears¿such as discussions on slavery and the proper place of women¿yet it remains an insightful examination of questions that continue..