Publication

2020 - University of Chicago Press

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCB317.P334 2020
  • LCCB317 .P334 2020

Description

"Thomas Pangle continues his exploration of the work of Xenophon, a student of Socrates and an historian, who wrote about Socrates, the man, his ideas, and their reception in Athens. In a sequel to his earlier account of Xenophon's Memorabilia, this book takes up the three remaining works of Xenophon, which were devoted to memorializing his teacher Socrates: the Oeconomicus, the Symposium, and the Apology of Socrates to the Jury. As Pangle puts it, the question that is the theme of these works is which of the two distinct ways of life and human character types-that of the Socratic political philosopher with his philosophic virtues, or that of the gentleman with his civic and moral virtues-is superior, standing as the highest standard for all human existence"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Socrates Founding Political Philosophy in Xenophon's Economist, Symposium, and ApologyUniversity of Chicago Press2020

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