The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates

Name: The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
ISBN: 9781625582188

Xenophon, Nicholas Tecosky, Edward Bysshe - translator

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · March 1, 2013

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Who it’s for: An enigmatic philosopher comes into view through the classical writers who recorded him.
Genres: Philosophers & Their Ideas, Philosophers' Lives, Ancient Philosophy
Published: Start Publishing LLC, March 1, 2013

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Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes.

Socrates Through Others

An enigmatic philosopher comes into view through the classical writers who recorded him.

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A layered encounter with Socrates through accounts by Plato, Xenophon, and Aristophanes

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A figure known chiefly through others’ accounts, not a direct self-portrait

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Philosophers & Their Ideas	59%
Ancient Philosophy	52%
Philosophers' Lives	44%

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Authors: Xenophon, Nicholas Tecosky, Edward Bysshe - translator
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: March 1, 2013
Format: Print & ebook
Reading lane: Social Philosophy