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Book SynopsisPlato 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.
Trade Review"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
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 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-André 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-André 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
