Pathos kai Nomos – Le traitement des affections dans les Lois de Platon

Louise Walmsley earned her PhD at the Université libre de Bruxelles (2022) with a dissertation devoted to the virtue of sophrosyne in Plato’s Laws. She is currently affiliated as a research associate at the Université libre de Bruxelles.Louise Walmsley a obtenu son doctorat à l’Université libre de Bruxelles (2022) avec une dissertation consacrée à la vertu de la sôphrosunè dans les Lois de Platon. Elle est actuellement Collaboratrice Scientifique à l’Université libre de Bruxelles.Sylvain Delcomminette is Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the Université libre de Bruxelles. He has published extensively on Plato, Aristotle and the reception of Plato in Modern and Contemporary thought.Sylvain Delcomminette est Professeur de Philosophie ancienne à l’Université libre de Bruxelles. Il a publié de nombreux travaux sur Platon, Aristote et la réception de Platon dans la pensée moderne et contemporaine.

• Note sur les auteurs1 IntroductionLouise Walmsley et Sylvain Delcomminette2 A Prelude for Humans in Plato’s LawsSusan Sauvé Meyer3 Things Human and Things Divine: Pleasure and Shame in the Great PreambleJulia Pfefferkorn4 Préludes, religion et affects dans les Lois de PlatonLétitia Mouze5 Fear, Law and Rationality: Plato’s Legislative Innovation of the PreambleMyrthe L. Bartels6 Comment soigner les affections criminelles : Les principes de la législation pénale en Lois IXMarc-Antoine Gavray7 « La colère est chose ingrate » : cantonner la colère dans les Lois (Lois IX 866d-869e et XI 934d-936b)Olivier Renaut8 Le pathos de l’impiété dans le livre X des LoisNicolas Zaks9 L’éducation et la maîtrise des affections dans les Lois de PlatonLouise Walmsley10 Les plaisirs de la vertu dans les LoisCharlotte Murgier

"The introduction, written by the editors of the volume, poses the challenging questions [of] how affections and emotions are to be integrated with philosophy and what is their importance. [...] How can the treatment of anger be found beside the legislation on impiety? [...] the careful ordering of the contributions eases the reading, and the book seems like a guide through the complex matters discussed. [...] the method applied by every author is strictly based on literary evidence and first-hand translation, denoting a systematic and intense dialogue with Plato’s language and reasoning. The volume also offers a good example of synergy and cooperation in the academic environment: several footnotes refer to other works in the collection, and many authors cite one another. This book captures the essence of academic collaboration, and the reader can imagine quite well the heavy discussion that might have been sparked by every paper." – Laura Marchisio, Pisa University, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review