Laws

A new translation of Plato's Laws is accurate, clear, and highly readable, with helpful notes and references to secondary literature for both beginners and scholars. It is the preferred translation.

Format: Hardback
Length: 488 pages
Publication date: 25 July 2022
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc

This is a remarkable new translation that is both remarkably accurate to Plato's challenging Greek and exceptionally clear and highly readable. The notes are more valuable than those in any other available translation of the Laws, as they provide both the information necessary for the novice student and analytical notes that include references to secondary literature for the more advanced reader. Whether you are a beginner or a scholar, this should be your preferred translation.

This is a superb new translation that is remarkably accurate to Plato's very difficult Greek,yet clear and highly readable. The notes are more helpful than those in any other available translation of the Laws since they contain both the information needed by the beginning student as well as analytical notes that include references to the secondary literature for the more advanced reader. For either the beginner or the scholar,this should be the preferred translation.

—Christopher Bobonich,Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy,Stanford University

Weight: 763g
Dimension: 228 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781647920470