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In The Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a tiny agricultural utopia he named Magnesia. His laws not only govern crime and punishment but also form a code of conduct for all aspects of life in his ideal state—from education, sports, and religion to sexual behavior, marriage, and drinking parties. Plato sets out a plot for the day-to-day rule of Magnesia, administered by citizens and elected officials, with supreme power held by a Council. Although Plato’s views that citizens should act in perfect obedience to the law have been read as totalitarian, The Laws nonetheless constitutes a highly impressive program for the reform of society and provides a crucial insight into the mind of one of classical Greece’s foremost thinkers.
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I read this book as part of my research into Plato himself.
It’s hard for me to see how significant a book like this is today. Plato’s world was very different than today. People owned slaves, there was no internet or mass communications, Christianity didn’t even exist yet, etc..
But it did provide some of the insights I was looking for about Plato himself.
Plato’s writings have a smooth quality. St. Augustine called Plato’s philosophy very ‘clear’. Reading his works can nearly be like a sort of religious experience since he regularly talks about the various mythological gods and God Himself. A book carries the spirit of the leader I guess.
Plato believed in reincarnation and the law of karma. For example he felt that the death penalty is a blessing in disguise for inveterate criminals since it prevents them from contaminating their souls with even more evil.
I feel this book shows the influence of two things that were very vital for Plato; his belief in Atlantis and the books in the ancient tribute of the bible that talk about the details of persons laws that were agreed from on high. These two things were permanently there deep in his thoughts.
Atlantis was a utopian society at first and it seems that for all of his life Plato was trying to recreate this ideal society. But I doubt that he could have imagined the information that came out in the 1900s from the fantastic Edgar Cayce (Osiris). Sometimes when people see flying saucers persons are our ancestors from Atlantis travelling through time.
It is not a coincidence that fate chose Plato to preserve the legend of Atlantis for future generations. He was there on Atlantis himself at the very beginning.
Fascinatingly the leader of this translation doesn’t agree that The Laws shows how Plato became more realistic when he realized that the idealistic society described in The Republic could never become a reality. That is a common theory that many people judge.
Rather he feels Plato would have known that The Republic could never beome a reality.
I reflect the next thing I’ll read about Plato is a biography as part of my ongoing research.
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Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5