Skip to content
LawsPlato

Laws

by OpenStories

Original author: Plato

CompletedPublished Updated

"Laws" by Plato is a dialogue written in ancient Greece as Plato's final work. Three elderly men journey to Zeus's cave, debating who deserves credit for establishing laws. When one traveler reveals he must create laws for a new colony, they spend their journey designing an entire legal system for the imagined city of Magnesia. Through twelve books, they explore divine law, education, criminal justice, and the nature of soul, creating a vision distinct from Plato's earlier Republic.

Laws, by Plato. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1750.

  • 236,130words
  • 33chapters
  • 0stars
  • 0bookmarks
  • 3hits
Start reading

33 Chapters

  1. 1.Introduction: And Analysis (1)8,654 words
  2. 2.Introduction: And Analysis (2)3,671 words
  3. 3.Book I: Strangers, let me ask a question of you--Was a God or a man the4,305 words
  4. 4.Book II: And are there any other uses of well-ordered potations? There3,565 words
  5. 5.Book III: If a man wants to know the origin of states and societies, he4,445 words
  6. 6.Book IV: And now, what is this city? I do not want to know what is to7,563 words
  7. 7.Book V: Hear now, all ye who heard the laws about Gods and ancestors3,750 words
  8. 8.Book VI: And now we are about to consider (1) the appointment of6,481 words
  9. 9.Book VII: Now that we have married our citizens and brought their6,067 words
  10. 10.Book VIII: Next, with the help of the Delphian Oracle, we will appoint11,310 words
  11. 11.Book IX: Punishments of offences and modes of procedure come next in5,944 words
  12. 12.Book X: The greatest wrongs arise out of youthful insolence, and the5,424 words
  13. 13.Book XI: As to dealings between man and man, the principle of them is5,764 words
  14. 14.Book XII: If a false message be taken to or brought from other states, (1)8,710 words
  15. 15.Book XII: If a false message be taken to or brought from other states, (2)8,925 words
  16. 16.Book XII: If a false message be taken to or brought from other states, (3)3,078 words
  17. 17.Book I10,562 words
  1. 18.Book II8,999 words
  2. 19.Book III10,482 words
  3. 20.Book IV8,259 words
  4. 21.Book V9,581 words
  5. 22.Book VI (1)8,853 words
  6. 23.Book VI (2)5,928 words
  7. 24.Book VII (1)8,765 words
  8. 25.Book VII (2)6,680 words
  9. 26.Book VIII9,878 words
  10. 27.Book IX (1)8,503 words
  11. 28.Book IX (2)5,057 words
  12. 29.Book X11,240 words
  13. 30.Book XI (1)8,853 words
  14. 31.Book XI (2)3,646 words
  15. 32.Book XII (1)8,171 words
  16. 33.Book XII (2)5,017 words