How Long to Read Rousseau and Plato on the Legislator and the Limits of Law

How Long Does it Take to Read Rousseau and Plato on the Legislator and the Limits of Law?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 25 minutes to read Rousseau and Plato on the Legislator and the Limits of Law by Brent Edwin Cusher

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Both Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Plato offer doctrines of the great legislator, that highly virtuous figure who designs foundational laws for a political community, in order to shed light on the problem of legislation. This problem is that positive law is incapable of achieving the ends in political life that are expected of it, even though it is understood to be the chief tool at the disposal of the lawgiver. Close consideration of Rousseau's and Plato's political texts reveals that both philosophers are in agreement about the limited function of positive law, insofar as its exclusive purpose is to forestall the ills of human life. But they also agree that the effectiveness of legislation requires something more: the condition of effective laws is a comprehensive system of civic education, directed primarily at the passions, through which individual human beings are turned into good citizens. Taking into account the extreme difficulty of establishing such educational institutions, both Rousseau and Plato put forward doctrines of the legislator to indicate what sort of figure could possibly accomplish this task with success. The study finds that the two philosophers' conceptions of the legislator are by and large similar, and finally, that they both express pessimism on the capacity of laws to promote the good life.

How long is Rousseau and Plato on the Legislator and the Limits of Law?

Rousseau and Plato on the Legislator and the Limits of Law by Brent Edwin Cusher is 548 pages long, and a total of 141,384 words.

This makes it 185% the length of the average book. It also has 173% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rousseau and Plato on the Legislator and the Limits of Law Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 52 minutes to read Rousseau and Plato on the Legislator and the Limits of Law aloud.

What Reading Level is Rousseau and Plato on the Legislator and the Limits of Law?

Rousseau and Plato on the Legislator and the Limits of Law is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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