Conversations of Socrates (Penguin Classics)

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After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, plenty of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the good philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon’s portrait is the one one as opposed to Plato’s to live to tell the tale, and at the same time as it offers a very personal interpretation of Socratic thought, it also reveals much concerning the man and his philosophical views. In ‘Socrates’ Defence’ Xenophon defends his mentor against charges of arrogance made at his trial, at the same time as the ‘Memoirs of Socrates’ also starts with an impassioned plea for the rehabilitation of a wronged reputation. Along side ‘The Estate-Manager’, a practical economic treatise, and ‘The Dinner-Party’, a sparkling exploration of affection, Xenophon’s dialogues offer fascinating insights into the Socratic world and into the intellectual atmosphere and day by day life of ancient Greece.

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