How long does it take to read The Laws?
The Laws by Plato takes about 9 hours 51 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours 51 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1562. 537 pages, about 147,675 words. Written for children.
20 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours 51 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 9 minutes |
The page count is the median across 115 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Utopias, Political science, Political science & theory, Natural law, Philosophy, The State
