While Plato’s depiction of Socrates is refracted through the author’s sophisticated preoccupations and philosophical doctrines, Xenophon’s Socrates is lively and behaves, discourses, admonishes, and counsels in ways in which even the non-specialist reader will find impressive, memorable, and greatly useful. The writings of two of his followers, Plato and Xenophon, have reached posterity and preserved for us a portrait of the great philosopher. Socrates himself did not write anything down. SOCRATES was not the first philosopher in the Western tradition but he was certainly the first known to have lived a life fully devoted to thinking. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. This 2012 edition published by Barnes & Noble, Inc.Īll rights reserved. Introduction and Suggested Reading © 2005 by Barnes & Noble, Inc. CONVERSATIONS WITH SOCRATES XENOPHON TRANSLATED BY EDWARD BYSSHE INTRODUCTION BY ODYSSEUS MAKRIDIS
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