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  Conversations of Socrates (Penguin Classics) (Paperback) By (author) Xenophon, Translated by Hugh Tredennick, Edited by Robin Waterfield

  

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  Short Description for Conversations of Socrates After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. This title offers insights into the Socratic world and into the intellectual atmosphere and life of ancient Greece. It reveals much about this man.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 01 November 1990
  • Format: Paperback 384 pages
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  • Categories: Biography: General | Literary Essays | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Philosophy | Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500
  • ISBN 13: 9780140445176 ISBN 10: 014044517X
  • Sales rank: 72,821

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• After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to survive, and while it offers a very personal interpretation of Socratic thought, it also reveals much about the man and his philosophical views. In 'Socrates' Defence' Xenophon defends his mentor against charges of arrogance made at his trial, while the 'Memoirs of Socrates' also starts with an impassioned plea for the rehabilitation of a wronged reputation. Along with 'The Estate-Manager', a practical economic treatise, and 'The Dinner-Party', a sparkling exploration of love, Xenophon's dialogues offer fascinating insights into the Socratic world and into the intellectual atmosphere and daily life of ancient Greece.