{"product_id":"law-most-beautiful-and-best-medical-argument-and-magical-rhetoric-in-platos-laws-9780739141472","title":"Law Most Beautiful and Best: Medical Argument and Magical Rhetoric in Plato's Laws","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Randall Baldwin Clark\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can citizens be persuaded to voluntarily obey good laws? Randall Baldwin Clark addresses this question by looking at one of the oldest works ever to pose it: Plato's \u003ci\u003eLaws\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Law Most Beautiful and Best\u003c\/i\u003e explores one of the most striking metaphors in the \u003ci\u003eLaws\u003c\/i\u003e: the suggestion that the gentle and persuasive bedside manner that characterizes rational medicine should serve as the model for political persuasion. Clark's careful reading of the \u003ci\u003eLaws\u003c\/i\u003e challenges traditional interpretations of this metaphor, emphasizing instead the way the dialogue subtly reasserts the efficacy of the magical arts. Just as the Athenian stranger treats his patients with a combination of rational and irrational therapies, so too must the philosophical reader-should he wish to preserve his city's health-be willing to avail himself of both the gentle persuasion of reasoned discourse and the enchanting coercion of irrational rhetoric. Both a close examination of the \u003ci\u003eLaws\u003c\/i\u003e and a thoughtful approach to an ageless political dilemma, \u003ci\u003eThe Law Most Beautiful and Best\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for scholars interested in jurisprudence, classics, rhetoric, and political science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47609385549975,"sku":"9780739141472","price":6354.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780739141472.webp?v=1775057972","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/law-most-beautiful-and-best-medical-argument-and-magical-rhetoric-in-platos-laws-9780739141472","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}