Plato and Xenophon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plato and Xenophon write by Gabriel Danzig. This book was released on 2018. Plato and Xenophon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Plato and Xenophon: Comparative Studies contains a wide variety of comparative studies of the writings of Plato and Xenophon, from philosophical, literary, and historical perspectives.
Apologizing for Socrates
Apologizing for Socrates - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Apologizing for Socrates write by Gabriel Danzig. This book was released on 2012-07-10. Apologizing for Socrates available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Apologizing for Socrates examines some of Plato's and Xenophon's Socratic writings, specifically those that address well-known controversiese concerning the life and death of Socrates. Gabriel Danzig argues that the effort to defend Socrates from a variety of contemporary charges helps explain some of the central philosophical arguments and literary features that appear in these works. Concentrating on the two Apologies, Crito, Euthyphro, Xenophon's Symposium and Memorabilia, Lysis, and Oeconommicus, Danzig argues that the apologetic efforts were essential for rebuilding the community of Socratic friends and companions, which was devastated by the trial and death of Socrates. The Socratic writings are not merely literary or philosophical endeavors, but also political acts of great competence.
Apologies
Apologies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Apologies write by Plato. This book was released on 2012-04-11. Apologies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Plato and Xenophon: Apologies compares two key dialogues on the death of Socrates. Socrates was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth of ancient Athens and was tried, convicted, imprisoned, and executed. Both Plato and Xenophon make clear that the charges were not brought forward in the spirit of true piety, and that Socrates was a man of real virtue and beneficence. To this day, his trial and execution remain a mark upon the democracy that put him to death. These dialogues underscore the limitations of democratic relativism and emphasize the nature of philosophy or the free mind. Plato’s Apology of Socrates is both poetry and an act of reformation, justifying the life of philosophy, challenging the authority of the pagan gods and heroes, and introducing Socrates as a heroic and even divine figure. In contrast, Xenophon’s Socrates is not dialectical and otherworldly, but makes a different appeal for philosophy. From Xenophon emerges the heroic tradition of Plutarch with its reflections on the virtues and vices of great historical men. Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Plato and Xenophon’s immediate audience.
The Socratic Way of Life
The Socratic Way of Life - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Socratic Way of Life write by Thomas L. Pangle. This book was released on 2018-04-03. The Socratic Way of Life available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Socratic Way of Life is the first English-language book-length study of the philosopher Xenophon’s masterwork. In it, Thomas L. Pangle shows that Xenophon depicts more authentically than does Plato the true teachings and way of life of the citizen philosopher Socrates, founder of political philosophy. In the first part of the book, Pangle analyzes Xenophon’s defense of Socrates against the two charges of injustice upon which he was convicted by democratic Athens: impiety and corruption of the youth. In the second part, Pangle analyzes Xenophon’s account of how Socrates’s life as a whole was just, in the sense of helping through his teaching a wide range of people. Socrates taught by never ceasing to raise, and to progress in answering, the fundamental and enduring civic questions: what is pious and impious, noble and ignoble, just and unjust, genuine statesmanship and genuine citizenship. Inspired by Hegel’s and Nietzsche’s assessments of Xenophon as the true voice of Socrates, The Socratic Way of Life establishes the Memorabilia as the groundwork of all subsequent political philosophy.
Socratic Discourses by Plato and Xenophon
Socratic Discourses by Plato and Xenophon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Socratic Discourses by Plato and Xenophon write by Plato. This book was released on 2013-10. Socratic Discourses by Plato and Xenophon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.
