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Laws by Plato (Hi-Res Audiobook)

High-resolution 192 kHz/24-bit WAV64 and FLAC version of the LibriVox.org recording. Laws by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read in English by Geoffrey Edwards. Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: Carolin Kaiser. Dedicated Proof-Listener: SopranoHarmony. CD Insert: Annise. Woodcut: The Beast with the Lamb's Horns and the Beast with Seven Heads by Albrecht Dürer. Recording and cover by Geoffrey Edwards are in the Public Domain. Laws (Greek: ΝΟΜΟΙ; Latin: De Legibus) is Plato's final dialogue written after his attempt to advise the tyrant Dionysius II of Syracuse. The dialogue takes place between an Athenian Stranger (Socrates? A god in human form?), the quiet Lacedaemonian Megillus and the Cretan Cleinias. The Stranger asks whether humans live to be more effective at waging war or if there is something more important a legislator should seek to achieve. During their pilgrimage Cleinias discloses his role in the establishment of a new colony and the three discuss what would make the colony perfect. Topics include location, population size, entitlement to land, four economic classes, restrictions on retailers, a static system of music, fair treatment of foreigners, defined punishments

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