Laws

The Laws is Plato's final, most extensive, and arguably most despised treatise. Three elderly men—an anonymous Athenian, a Spartan named Megillus, and a Cretan named Clinias—converse about political philosophy throughout the book. These men are drafting the laws that will govern Magnesia, a brand-new Cretan colony. The government of Magnesia is a blend of democratic and authoritarian values that s...