Plato and Xenophon
Comparative Studies
Published on 14. June 2018
Book
Hardback
688 pages
978-90-04-36901-6 (ISBN)
Description
Plato and Xenophon are the two students of Socrates whose works have come down to us in their entirety. Their works have been studied by countless scholars over the generations; but rarely have they been brought into direct contact, outside of their use in relation to the Socratic problem. This volume changes that, by offering a collection of articles containing comparative analyses of almost the entire range of Plato's and Xenophon's writings, approaching them from literary, philosophical and historical perspectives.
Reviews / Votes
"This volume is a landmark of how far the new wave in Socratic studies has traveled. At the same time, it presents an opportunity to assess how much of the remaining so-called Socratic problem resists dissolution. This will be a collection of interest to all scholars working in Socratic studies and a necessary addition to any research library." - Vincent Renzi, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2019.06.32"[T]hese essays offer much to the students of Xenophon, Plato and other Socratics. (...) Morrison provides a helpful index of places. The result well justifies the price." - David J. Murphy, in: CJ-Online, 2019.11.03
"[T]his volume, Plato and Xenophon, has the great merit of opening a number of paths to the investigation of the subject and overcoming a number of inadvisable simplifications, all that while an impressive 'Xenophon Renaissance' is flourishing." - Livio Rossetti, in: Scripta Classica Israelica 40, 2021
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English
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Leiden
Netherlands
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 241 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 45 mm
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1123 gr
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978-90-04-36901-6 (9789004369016)
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Gabriel Danzig, PhD (1997) Hebrew University, Senior Lecturer at Bar Ilan University. He is the author of Socratic Dialogues (Heb.) and Apologizing for Socrates (Eng.) and many articles on Plato, Xenophon and Aristotle.
David Johnson PhD (1996) Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and International Trade - Classics Section, College of Liberal Arts, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Dave is the author of Socrates and Athens (CUP) and numerous articles on Xenophon.
Donald Morrison, Ph.D. (1983) Princeton, is Professor of Philosophy at Rice University. He is the author of Bibliography of Editions, Translations, and Scholarly Commentary on Xenophon's Socratic Writings, 1600-present (Mathesis, 1988), and many articles on Xenophon, Plato, and Aristotle.
Contributors are: William H.F. Altman, Carol Atack, Fiorenza Bevilacqua, Olga Chernyakhovskaya, Gabriel Danzig, Louis-Andre Dorion, Lowell Edmunds, Noreen Humble, Katarzyna Jazdzewska, David Johnson, Genevieve Lachance, Christopher Moore, Francesca Pentassuglio, James Redfield, Alessandro Stavru, Melina Tamiolaki, David Thomas, C. J. Tuplin, T. A. van Berkel, Roslyn Weiss.
David Johnson PhD (1996) Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and International Trade - Classics Section, College of Liberal Arts, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Dave is the author of Socrates and Athens (CUP) and numerous articles on Xenophon.
Donald Morrison, Ph.D. (1983) Princeton, is Professor of Philosophy at Rice University. He is the author of Bibliography of Editions, Translations, and Scholarly Commentary on Xenophon's Socratic Writings, 1600-present (Mathesis, 1988), and many articles on Xenophon, Plato, and Aristotle.
Contributors are: William H.F. Altman, Carol Atack, Fiorenza Bevilacqua, Olga Chernyakhovskaya, Gabriel Danzig, Louis-Andre Dorion, Lowell Edmunds, Noreen Humble, Katarzyna Jazdzewska, David Johnson, Genevieve Lachance, Christopher Moore, Francesca Pentassuglio, James Redfield, Alessandro Stavru, Melina Tamiolaki, David Thomas, C. J. Tuplin, T. A. van Berkel, Roslyn Weiss.
Content
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction to the Comparative Study of Plato and Xenophon
?Gabriel Danzig
Introduction to This Volume
?David Johnson
Part 1 Methods
Comparative Exegesis and the Socratic Problem
?Louis-Andre Dorion
Xenophon's Intertextual Socrates
?David Johnson
Division and Collection: A New Paradigm for the Relationship between Plato and Xenophon
?William H.F. Altman
Xenophon and the Socratics
?James Redfield
Xenophon on "Philosophy" and Socrates
?Christopher Moore
Xenophon and the Elenchos: A Formal and Comparative Analysis
?Genevieve Lachance
Part 2 Ethics
Laughter in Plato's and Xenophon's Symposia
?Katarzyna Jazdzewska
Socrates' Physiognomy: Plato and Xenophon in Comparison
?Alessandro Stavru
Xenophon's Triad of Socratic Virtues and the Poverty of Socrates
?Lowell Edmunds
Pity or Pardon: Responding to Intentional Wrongdoing in Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle
?Roslyn Weiss
Mechanisms of Pleasure according to Xenophon's Socrates
?Olga Chernyakhovskaya
Plato, Aristotle and Xenophon on the Ends of Virtue
?Gabriel Danzig
Socrates Erotikos: Mutuality, Role Reversal and Erotic Paideia in Xenophon's and Plato's Symposia
?Francesca Pentassuglio
Socratic Economics and the Psychology of Money
?T.A. van Berkel
Part 3 From Friendship to Politics
Xenophon's Conception of Friendship in Memorabilia 2.6 (with Reference to Plato's Lysis)
?Melina Tamiolaki
Socrates' Attitude towards Politics in Xenophon and Plato
?Fiorenza Bevilacqua
Plato and Xenophon on the Different Reasons that Socrates Always Obeys the Law
?Louis-Andre Dorion
Plato's Statesman and Xenophon's Cyrus
?Carol Atack
Part 4 History
Sparta in Xenophon and Plato
?Noreen Humble
Plato, Xenophon and Persia
?C.J. Tuplin
The Enemies of Hunting in Xenophon's Cynegeticus
?David Thomas
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction to the Comparative Study of Plato and Xenophon
?Gabriel Danzig
Introduction to This Volume
?David Johnson
Part 1 Methods
Comparative Exegesis and the Socratic Problem
?Louis-Andre Dorion
Xenophon's Intertextual Socrates
?David Johnson
Division and Collection: A New Paradigm for the Relationship between Plato and Xenophon
?William H.F. Altman
Xenophon and the Socratics
?James Redfield
Xenophon on "Philosophy" and Socrates
?Christopher Moore
Xenophon and the Elenchos: A Formal and Comparative Analysis
?Genevieve Lachance
Part 2 Ethics
Laughter in Plato's and Xenophon's Symposia
?Katarzyna Jazdzewska
Socrates' Physiognomy: Plato and Xenophon in Comparison
?Alessandro Stavru
Xenophon's Triad of Socratic Virtues and the Poverty of Socrates
?Lowell Edmunds
Pity or Pardon: Responding to Intentional Wrongdoing in Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle
?Roslyn Weiss
Mechanisms of Pleasure according to Xenophon's Socrates
?Olga Chernyakhovskaya
Plato, Aristotle and Xenophon on the Ends of Virtue
?Gabriel Danzig
Socrates Erotikos: Mutuality, Role Reversal and Erotic Paideia in Xenophon's and Plato's Symposia
?Francesca Pentassuglio
Socratic Economics and the Psychology of Money
?T.A. van Berkel
Part 3 From Friendship to Politics
Xenophon's Conception of Friendship in Memorabilia 2.6 (with Reference to Plato's Lysis)
?Melina Tamiolaki
Socrates' Attitude towards Politics in Xenophon and Plato
?Fiorenza Bevilacqua
Plato and Xenophon on the Different Reasons that Socrates Always Obeys the Law
?Louis-Andre Dorion
Plato's Statesman and Xenophon's Cyrus
?Carol Atack
Part 4 History
Sparta in Xenophon and Plato
?Noreen Humble
Plato, Xenophon and Persia
?C.J. Tuplin
The Enemies of Hunting in Xenophon's Cynegeticus
?David Thomas
Index