Lecture notes for a course. As described in the New School course catalog, this is the second part of a three-part course on Plato’s Laws. Each to be given in the Spring of successive years. We plan to cover Books IV-VIII, the heart of the legislative program. The primary question for us is: What does a philosopher, even a political philosopher, have to do with such things?
There’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.