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Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary ...
Xenophon (431-355 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, was a soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates.
Memorabilia (or The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates) is a collection of Socratic dialogues by Xenophon, a student of Socrates.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to survive, and while it offers a very personal interpretation of Socratic thought, it also reveals much about the man and his philosophical views.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Shaftesbury (1964, 1: 167) characterizes Xenophon as “the philosophical Menander”; similarly, L. Strauss likens ... 38: “À mon connaissance, Schleiermacher estle premier auteur moderne à contester le titre de philosophe que les Anciens ...
Xenophon's The Symposium is about a dinner party that involves Socrates talking with a group of people, with Socrates leading a discussion that touches on several topics.