This book assesses Plato's penal code within the tradition of Greek penology. Saunders provides a detailed exposition of the emergence of the concept of publicly controlled, rationally calculated, and socially directed punishment in the period between Homer and Plato. He outlines the serious debate that ensued in the fifth century over the opposition by philosophers to popular judicial assumptions, and shows how the philosophical arguments gradually gained ground. He demonstrates that Plato advanced the most radical of the philosophical formulations of the concept of punishment in his Laws,...
This book assesses Plato's penal code within the tradition of Greek penology. Saunders provides a detailed exposition of the emergence of the concept ...
The Politics is one of Aristotle's most important works, having had an inestimable influence on political thought up until the present day. This volume provides a clear and accurate translation of the first two books together with helpful philosophical commentary.
The Politics is one of Aristotle's most important works, having had an inestimable influence on political thought up until the present day. This volum...
The Politics is one of Aristotle's most important works, having had an inestimable influence on political thought up until the present day. This volume provides a clear and accurate translation of the first two books together with helpful philosophical commentary.
The Politics is one of Aristotle's most important works, having had an inestimable influence on political thought up until the present day. This volum...
