The Argument and the Action of Plato's Laws

by Leo Strauss

Book Overview

The posthumous publication of The Argument and the Action of Plato's "Laws" was compiled shortly before the death of Leo Strauss in 1973. Strauss offers an insightful and instructive reading through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226776972
• ISBN13: 9780226776972
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An Extremely Detailed and Helpful Commentary

This commentary works step by step through to move through the text of the Laws, pointing out connections between ideas and making observations regarding curious notions as they appear in the work. Strauss does a good job of making some sense of many inconsistencies as they appear by the (at-times) inexpert Athenian Stranger character and does a good job of painting an overall portrait of the city of the Laws as we move through a long dialogue. This is an excellent choice for a first-timer to help you approach the Laws carefully. It can be read right alongside the Laws because it follows the text in the same order of progression as the text itself. Many of the other commentaries don't have this feature.