Plato's Cretan City

Plato's Cretan City by Morrow, Glenn R.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780691024844.

Platos Cretan City is a thorough investigation into the roots of Platos Laws and a compelling explication of his ideas on legislation and social institutions. A dialogue among three travelers, the Laws proposes a detailed plan for administering a new colony on the island of Crete. In examining this dialogue, Glenn Morrow describes the contemporary Greek institutions in Athens, Crete, and Sparta on which Plato based his model city, and explores the philosophers proposed regulations concerning property, the family, government, and the administration of justice, education, and religion. He approaches the Laws as both a living document of reform and a philosophical inquiry into humankinds highest earthly duty.