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I don't have much more to say, except that, in the Laws, Socrates doesn't appear. This is important to note because Socrates was used as Plato's mouthpiece in so many of his dialogues. This means that he has no character which expounds his viewpoints in this dialogue. Personally, I've always thought that the Laws were a dialogue on what law was, what the role of intellect was in making laws, the natural laws, and the connection between philosophy and politics. Although a Cretan city is mentioned, the book was probably not intended to be a literal, step-by-step guide for making a city.