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Laws

Name: Laws
Author: Plato

Platonic dialogue

Written workPlatonic dialogue written workQ752285

Also known as Plat. Laws

Author: Plato
Language: Ancient Greek
Genre: dialogue
Followed by: Epinomis

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The Laws is Plato's last and longest dialogue. The conversation depicted in the work's twelve books begins with the question of who is given the credit for establishing a civilization's laws. Its musings on the ethics of government and law have frequently been compared to Plato's more widely read Republic. Some scholars see this as the work of Plato as an older man having failed in his effort to guide the rule of the tyrant Dionysius II of Syracuse. These events are alluded to in the Seventh Letter. The text is noteworthy as the only Platonic dialogue not to feature Socrates.

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Title: Νόμοι
Has version, edition or translation: Q56222491 language: Russian
Законы (Платон/Егунов) language: Russian
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: countries with 100 years pma or shorter
Part of the series: Platonic dialogue
Entry in abbreviations table: Plat. Laws used by: Perseus Digital Library
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