Xenophons Socratic Works

Xenophon's Socratic Works demonstrates that Xenophon, a student of Socrates, military man, and man of letters, is an indispensable source for our understanding of the life and philosophy of Socrates.

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David M. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Classics at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA. He is the author of Socrates and Alcibiades: Four Texts and Socrates and Athens; co-editor of Plato and Xenophon: Comparative Studies; and author of numerous articles on Xenophon's Socrates.

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Xenophon's Socratic Works demonstrates that Xenophon, a student of Socrates, military man, and man of letters, is an indispensable source for our understanding of the life and philosophy of Socrates.

Inhalt

1. Approaching the Memorabilia 2. Defending Socrates 3. Xenophon's Apology 4. The Moral Psychology of Xenophon's Socrates 5. Xenophon's Symposium 6. Xenophon's Oeconomicus