1. O MINOS NO CORPUS PLATÓNICO.
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COLEN, JOSÉ
- Abstract
Minos is the dialogue that precedes the Laws in the traditional organization from Trasyllus. The text is now gaining acceptance as an authentic dialogue of Plato, and no one in the ancient tradition appears to have questioned this dialogue. But this interesting dialogue, and one of the earliest texts on Law risks being a classic, that no one actually reads. The paper includes, along with a new Portuguese translation, an introduction that presents briefly the problems of authenticity and a debate of the role of the dialogue within the Platonic corpus. We contend that the dialogue is a useful if not necessary prelude to the Laws. Only this text permits the full understanding of the texts where Socrates is absent, whose scenario is far away from Athens and that establishes the framework of the action of Plato's most long work, presenting both the arguments and dramatic themes necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2014
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