Virtue and law in Plato and beyond /

Julia Annas presents a study of Plato's account of the relation of virtue to law: how it developed from the Republic to the Laws, and how his ideas were taken up by Cicero and by Philo of Alexandria. Annas shows that, rather than rejecting the approach to an ideal society in the Republic (as ge...

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Law in the Republic --
Changing from within : Plato's new approach in the Laws --
Virtue in a framework of law --
Law and the divine --
Citizen virtue --
Cicero on natural law and ideal laws --
Philo on virtue and the laws of Moses --
Bringing things together.
1. Verfasser:
Annas, Julia
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Julia Annas presents a study of Plato's account of the relation of virtue to law: how it developed from the Republic to the Laws, and how his ideas were taken up by Cicero and by Philo of Alexandria. Annas shows that, rather than rejecting the approach to an ideal society in the Republic (as generally thought), Plato is in both dialogues concerned with the relation of virtue to law, and obedience to law, and presents, in the Laws, a more careful and sophisticated account of that relation. His approach in the Laws differs from his earlier one, because he now tries to build from the political cultures of actual societies (and their histories) instead of producing a theoretical thought-experiment.
Umfang:
1 online resource (vi, 234 pages)
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-181689-2
Schlagworte:
Plato. > Laws.
Plato.
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Philo, > of Alexandria.
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