Persuasion of the laws in Plato’s Crito: When does it happen?
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rhiz-2024-0014" target="_blank" >10.1515/rhiz-2024-0014</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Persuasion of the laws in Plato’s Crito: When does it happen?
Original language description
In this paper, I argue against the institutional reading of the persuasion of the laws in Plato’s Crito. My interpretation focuses on how the clause “persuade or obey” may be read such as to allow citizens to disobey the law or its commands without such actions being unjust. I first summarize the authoritarian position of the laws and present the existing interpretations of the persuasion of the laws. I then show why I believe that none of the existing interpretations is satisfactory. Finally, I present my own interpretation of the persuasion of the laws, which follows Socrates’ own rule of following reason and the strongest available argument.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Rhizomata-A Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science
ISSN
2196-5102
e-ISSN
2196-5110
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
155-172
UT code for WoS article
001520780900002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85216246229