Plato's Laws: Force and Truth in Politics

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Athenian Stranger: praise for, 50; educator of Cleinias, 52–53, 90, 158, 162, 170, 177; gives account of Athens, 83–84, 87–88; wise, 92; pedantic, 121, 131n8, 144–45, 209n10; and the Eleatic Stranger, 174–75; and Socrates, 181–83, 187n21, 188n24, 188n28 Athens: 4th century, 31, 33–34; and ephebeia (ἐφηβεία), 38–39; Periclean eros for, 42–43; and drunkenness, 54, 86, 112; cosmopolitan, 55–56, 89; excessive in freedom, 83–84, 211n24; naval warfare, 107, 115 Cleinias: on war, 50–52, 58n9, 61, 118, 147; accepts Athenian Stranger, 53, 55, 86–88, 96, 103, 158, 162, 165, 168nn21–22; ignorant of philosophy, 58n10, 180, 192, 209n10; among founders of Cretan colony, 76, 81, 86, 90, 95– 96, 145, 162, 165, 171 Coercion, 1–10; as the character of law, 91, 103; preludes to laws obviate the need for, 121, 125 Cosmos, 190; origin of, 75, 76; man’s place in, 99, 197, 199; soul’s place in, 192, 195; movement of, 196; Athenian Stranger’s account of, 200, 204 Drunkenness: and education, 42, 52–53, 68– 69, 83; of Athenians, 54; blamed, 54–55, 112, 114; praised, 86, 113 Education, 3, 5, 7, 9, 60–74, 150–52; in mathematics , 12; of Nocturnal Council, 26; of youths for citizenship, 43–44; and play, 62– 65; and gender, 68, 179–80; through encountering opposition, 68–70; and stages of life, 70–72; as fostering openness, 71–72, 111; in music, 83, 113; in virtue, 122, 128, 130n4, 131n13, 176, 222–24; suited to the free, 170– 71, 176; of philosophers, 182–83; of rulers, 185. See also Athenian Stranger, educator of Cleinias; Drunkenness, and education Freedom, 1–10, 65, 93, 99, 102–103, 109–10, 112, 115, 137, 152, 170–73, 175, 177, 180, 221, 225–26. See also Athens, excessive in freedom ; Education, suited to the free Gods, 13, 15, 17, 21–22, 25–27, 40–41, 56, 59n17, 63–64, 67, 77, 83–84, 96–101, 109–15, 119–20, 124–25, 136, 140, 144, 147, 149–51, 155, 158, 173, 176, 191, 193–97, 199–200, 205, 207–208, 215, 218, 220–21, 224–25, 227–28 Justice, 21–22, 70–72, 97, 99, 119, 132, 138–40, 142, 146, 178–79, 184, 191, 197, 199–200, 205, 223, 225, 229 Law: source of, 13, 76–77, 81–83, 96–97, 99, 106, 108, 111–12, 124, 155; and lawlessness, 7, 51, 83–84, 108, 112, 151, 160, 193; character of lawgiver, 14, 42, 52, 67, 96–97, 106, 169; and mind, 15, 97, 119, 173, 190, 204, 229; as second-best, 16–17, 96–97, 139–41, 148, 160– 62, 173, 175; establishment of offices, 22–23, 135–37; types of, 24–25, 216–18; purpose of, 34, 50–51, 61, 88, 133, 159, 171–73, 179–80, 203–205, 222–24; and regime, 49, 137–38; incomplete , 72, 150–51, 154, 163, 203, 215, 218, 220–21, 226; acceptance of, 93–94, 120–22, 158–59, 165, 184, 192; imprecise, 101–102, 139–41, 162, 192, 227; and punishment, 176, 178, 184. See also Coercion Megillus, 27n5, 35, 49, 53–55, 58n10, 64, 57, 88, 90, 103, 112, 115, 146, 158, 167n11, 172, 192, 209n10 Minos, 32, 51–52, 56, 79–80, 90, 97, 107, 112 Music, 59n17, 68, 79–80, 83–85, 113, 120, 150 Nature, 189, 194–95, 204, 219; human, 14–15, 17, 50, 70–71, 99, 125–26, 171–73, 176, 179, 183–85, 223–24; opposed to convention, 48, 66, 72, 124, 138, 140–42, 225; acts against, 54, 156, 159; as source, 55, 63–65, 68, 75, 96, 126, 170, 174, 181–82, 197 Index 248 Index Persuasion, 66, 90–92, 103, 111, 121–22, 125, 128–29, 146, 154, 157, 160, 164–66, 171–72, 184–85, 195, 198–200, 217–18 Philosophy, 12–14, 33, 55–56, 58n10, 71, 76, 94–95, 102, 121, 129, 130n4, 146–47, 170, 174–75, 179–83, 185, 192, 226, 231 Piety, 25, 54, 66, 101, 103, 128, 158, 180, 189– 93, 195–202, 215–18, 221–26 Play, 10, 60–61, 63–67, 71–72, 144–47, 150, 152, 200, 209n6 Pleasure, 17, 22, 42, 52, 54, 62–64, 68, 71, 84, 95, 112, 118, 125–29, 155–56, 160, 178–79, 193–94, 199, 223 Preludes (or preambles) to laws, 3, 6, 21–23, 88–91, 98, 101–103, 120–22, 124, 128–29, 164–65, 171–72...