Cambridge Classical Reception Seminar Series (CCRSS): ‘Magnesia and Brasília: planning cities and fostering values’

Classics Faculty, Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Prof. Gábor Betegh (Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy, Cambridge) In this paper I propose to compare two planned cities, Plato’s Magnesia, as set out in his late dialogue the Laws, and Lúcio Costa’s Brasília, a landmark of modernist city planning. It is rarely remarked that Plato in the Laws does not only outline the legal, institutional and educational […]