Gregory Recco is a tutor at St. John's College in Annapolis.Eric Sanday is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky.

• Introduction1. On Reading the Laws as a Whole: Horizon, Vision, and Structure Mitchell Miller2. 'E and the Laws in Historical Context Mark Munn3. The Long and Winding Road: Impediments to Inquiry in Book One of the Laws Eric Salem 4. Education in Plato's Laws John Russon5. On Beginning after the Beginning John Sallis6. It is Difficult for a City with Good Laws to Come into Existence: On Book 4 Michael Zuckert 7. "He Saw the Cities and He Knew the Minds of Many Men": Landscape and Character in the Odyssey and the Laws Patricia Fagan8. On the Human and the Divine: Reading the Prelude in Plato's Laws 5 Robert Metcalf 9. Being True to Equality: Human Allotment and the Judgment of Zeus Greg Recco10. The 'Serious Play' of Book 7 of Plato's Laws David Roochnik11. No Country for Young Men: Eros as Outlaw in Plato's Laws Francisco Gonzalez 12. On the Implications of Human Mortality: Legislation, Education, and Philosophy in Book 9 of Plato's Laws Catherine Zuckert13. 'A Soul Superlatively Natural': Psychic Excess in Laws 10 Sara Brill14. Property and Impiety in Plato's Laws: Books 11 & 12 Eric SandayBibliography List of ContributorsIndex

This volume fills a major gap in studies on Plato's dialogues by addressing the cultural and historical context of the Laws and highlighting their importance to contemporary scholarship.(PhilPapers) The collection as a whole is characterized by a significant degree of cohesion . . . The contributors engage with one another's arguments, and there are frequent cross-references that help the reader follow the nuances of relevant scholarly debates.2/28/14(Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews) [T]he collection [is] interesting and thought provoking. In particular, it draws attention to sections of the dialogue that are easily overlooked and usefully highlights the role of contingent factors in Plato's political thought.(International Journal of the Platonic Tradition)