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Laws

by Plato

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  1. Book I (Part I)

    39:16

  2. Book I (Part II)

    43:37

  3. Book II

    69:56

  4. Book III (Part I)

    43:29

  5. Book III (Part II)

    42:29

  6. Book IV

    61:46

  7. Book V

    65:41

  8. Book VI (Part I)

    53:33

  9. Book VI (Part II)

    50:13

  10. Book VII (Part I)

    59:21

  11. Book VII (Part II)

    58:58

  12. Book VIII

    71:46

  13. Book IX (Part I)

    57:04

  14. Book IX (Part II)

    42:36

  15. Book X (Part I)

    41:49

  16. Book X (Part II)

    47:30

  17. Book XI (Part I)

    53:44

  18. Book XI (Part II)

    34:18

  19. Book XII (Part I)

    41:45

  20. Book XII (Part II)

    53:47

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Three older men turn a walk across Crete into a discussion of how a community should govern itself. Plato's dialogue brings together an Athenian speaker, the Cretan Cleinias, and the Spartan Megillus, whose different civic traditions provide material for examining law and character. This English version includes Benjamin Jowett's introduction, which considers the work's authorship, structure, speakers, and relationship to other Platonic writings.

The conversation reaches beyond written rules to the habits that make rules necessary. The speakers imagine early communities with few possessions, inherited customs, and little rivalry over wealth. They use this account to consider the origins of government and the influence of living conditions on conduct. Readers interested in political thought can follow an argument that connects institutions with education, moral judgment, and everyday life, while observing the assumptions behind its picture of social order.

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Plato

Plato (c. 428-348 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens. His dialogues are among the most influential works in the history of thought.

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Author
Plato
Reading time
About 17 hours
Pages
396
Language
English
Formats
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Audio read by
Geoffrey Edwards