In understanding More's intellectual genealogy, scholars should consult Plato's Laws as well as the Republic, because Plato changed his political thinking considerably from the Republic to the Laws, and More lifts concessions to human imperfection wholesale from Plato's Laws.
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“you should have a look at plato's laws as well plato changed his political thinking quite considerably and in plato's laws many concessions are made to the imperfections of human nature which more lifts wholesale from that part of plato”
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