Abstract
After establishing the full scope of the religious, social and political reform measures presented by Plato in his book on Laws, the article applies to this fictitious society the methods of analysis that Mary Douglas elaborated in the course of studying real ones. The application makes some features of the proposed city manifest. Life in it is shown to fit the nature and needs of heterosexual bodies. The erotic basis of the writer's rhetorical appeal is also made apparent.
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