Overview

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.

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"""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"

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 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2019.06.32

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

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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-André 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.

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