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Article: Scientists at University of Texas report research in political science.
- Article from:
- Politics & Government Week
- Article date:
- October 22, 2009
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According to recent research published in the journal American Political Science Review, "In his most practical work, the Laws, Plato combines a frank statement of the radical Socratic thesis that virtue is knowledge and vice involuntary with a prudential acceptance of the political community's need for retributive punishment."
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