Divine Law and Political Philosophy in Plato's "Laws"

Acknowledgments

ackNowLeDgMeNts I am grateful to the College of Liberal Arts of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas for its generous financial support as I completed this book. I am pleased to thank my colleagues at UNLV Ken Fernandez, Tiffiany Howard, Michelle Kuenzi, and Rebecca Gill for their helpful consultations about this book. I am especially grateful for all the support and useful guidance that I have received from my colleagues Mehran Tamadonfar, John Tuman, and, above all, David Fott. When I was a graduate student at the University of Toronto, I had the very good fortune to study Platonic political philosophy with Tom Pangle. I am grateful to him for his example, his learning, and his generous advice. My understanding of Plato has also benefitted greatly from many conversations with Robert Goldberg and Michael Rosano. I thank them for having read and commented on parts of the manuscript. Most of all, I thank my wonderful wife, Kelly, and our wonderful son, Andy, for their good spirits and patient support while I was writing this book. Kelly’s careful reading and thoughtful suggestions have been invaluable. I also wish to thank my editor, Amy Farranto, at the Northern Illinois University Press and the Press’s anonymous reviewers for their very useful comments and guidance. A version of the first chapter appeared as “The Minos and the Socratic Examination of Law” in the American Journal of Political Science 54, no. 4 (2010), 988–1002, reprinted with permission of the Midwest Political Science Association (© 2010, Midwest Political Science Association). This page intentionally left blank Divine Law and Political Philosophy in Plato’s Laws 3 This page intentionally left blank ...