Law as the Distribution of Reason: Plato’s Concept of Law in the Laws

• In Event: Philosophy and its Place in the City

Brief Overview

This paper reconstructs Plato’s concept of law in the Laws as the distribution of reason. In response to the views of law as a tool to exploit others, Plato offers an alternative idea of law as a connective mechanism that brings about civic harmony.

Author

• Jiseob Yoon, Korea University