The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates - Softcover

Xenophon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1445508249 ISBN 13: 9781445508245

Publisher: Grizzell Press, 2010

Synopsis

This scarce book was first published in 1891. Edward Bysshe translates the Greek historian Xenophon’s writings about his greatly admired contemporary and teacher, Socrates. It comprises the author’s personal apologia of Socrates and is Xenophon’s longest and most well known Socratic writing. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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About the Author:

Xenophon (430 - 354 BCE), was a soldier, mercenary, and a contemporary and admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the 4th century BC, preserving the sayings of Socrates, and the life of ancient Greece. With a number of existing writings, Xenophon is noted for his accounts of life in Greece, both in ancient times and during the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. Formally a young student of Socrates, he would later record a number of Socratic dialogues as well as personal accounts of Socrates, whom he admired greatly. As a young adult, Xenophon informally served in the army under the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger, helping to lead his contingent over land back to the Black Sea after Cyrus' death in battle. His account of this journey, recorded in his Anabasis, is read in academia today. Later joining the Spartan army, Xenophon, not at all a nationalist, was exiled from Athens after fighting against them in their war with Sparta. Eventually settling in Scillus in southern Greece, Xenophon began a long trajectory of writing-historical tracts, generalized works of instruction, essays on the military, politics and economics, as well as the Socratic works. These works were both a recording of some of Socrates' dialogues, as well as a general history of Socrates' methods of teaching. Though Xenophon's Socratic tracts are largely disregarded, Xenophon's Memorabilia is often referenced as an account of Socrates' religious views.

About this edition

• Publisher: Grizzell Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1445508249
• ISBN 13: 9781445508245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192