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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. David M. Johnson restores Xenophon’s most ambitious Socratic work, the __Memorabilia__ (Socratic Recollections), to its original literary context, enabling readers to experience it as Xenophon’s original audience would have, rather than as a pale imitation of Platonic dialogue. He shows that the __Memorabilia__, together with Xenophon’s __Apology__, provides us with our best evidence for the trial of Socrates, and a comprehensive and convincing refutation of the historical charges against Socrates. Johnson’s account of Socrates’ moral psychology shows how Xenophon’s emphasis on control of the passions can be reconciled with the intellectualism normally attributed to Socrates. Chapters on Xenophon’s __Symposium__ and __Oeconomicus__ (Estate Manager) reveal how Xenophon used all the literary tools of Socratic dialogue to defend Socratic sexual morality (__Symposium__) and debate the merits and limits of conventional elite values (__Oeconomicus__). Throughout the book, Johnson argues

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Author

David M. Johnson

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781000382273

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Education, History