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Memorabilia

  • ISBN-13: 9780801481710
  • Publisher: CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Xenophon, Translated by Amy L. Bonnette, Introduction by Christopher J. Bruell
  • Price: AUD $59.99
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  • Local release date: 10/10/2001
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 277 pages Weight: 454g
  • Categories: Literary essays [DNF]
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An essential text for understanding Socrates, Xenophon's Memorabilia is the compelling tribute of an affectionate student to his teacher, providing a rare firsthand account of Socrates' life and philosophy. The Memorabilia is invaluable both as a work of philosophy in its own right and as a complement to the study of Plato's dialogues. The longest of Xenophon's four Socratic works, it is particularly revealing about the differences between Socrates and his philosophical predecessors. Far more obviously than Plato in the dialogues, Xenophon calls attention in the Memorabilia to his own relationship with Socrates. A colorful and fully engaged writer, Xenophon aims above all to convince his readers of the greatness of Socrates' thought and the disgracefulness of his conviction on a capital charge. In thirty-nine chapters, Xenophon presents Socrates as an ordinary person and as a great benefactor to those associated with him.
Wayne Ambler is Associate Professor and Director of the Herbst Program of Humanities at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Eric Buzzetti is Associate Professor in the Liberal Arts College of Concordia University, Montreal.
Introduction: Xenophon and His Socrates Translator's Note BOOK I. Chapters 1-7 BOOK II. Chapters 1-10 BOOK III. Chapters 1-14 BOOK IV. Chapters 1-8 Notes Index
"This new translation of Xenophon's Memorabilia ... provides something that all the other translations do not: it is a current and faithful English translation supplemented by introductory text and extensive notes which serves well its intended audience-primarily scholars outside of the field of classical studies who possess little to no Greek... This edition will certainly meet the needs of all scholars and students having an interest in Socrates, ... in political science, ... history, law, and philosophy... If, as is implicit in the text, the intention of Bonnette is to make Xenophon's Memorabilia more accessible to a larger audience, then she certainly has succeeded."-Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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