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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.
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 â 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.
David Johnson PhD (1996) Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures, and International Trade â 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.
"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
"[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
Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors
Introduction to the Comparative Study of Plato and Xenophon âGabriel Danzig
Introduction to This Volume âDavid Johnson
Comparative Exegesis and the Socratic Problem âLouis-André Dorion
Xenophonâs Intertextual Socrates âDavid Johnson
Division and Collection: A New Paradigm for the Relationship between Plato and Xenophon âWilliam H.F. Altman
Xenophon and the Socratics âJames Redfield
Xenophon on âPhilosophyâ and Socrates âChristopher Moore
Xenophon and the Elenchos: A Formal and Comparative Analysis âGenevieve Lachance
Laughter in Platoâs and Xenophonâs Symposia âKatarzyna Jazdzewska
Socratesâ Physiognomy: Plato and Xenophon in Comparison âAlessandro Stavru
Xenophonâs Triad of Socratic Virtues and the Poverty of Socrates âLowell Edmunds
Pity or Pardon: Responding to Intentional Wrongdoing in Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle âRoslyn Weiss
Mechanisms of Pleasure according to Xenophonâs Socrates âOlga Chernyakhovskaya
Plato, Aristotle and Xenophon on the Ends of Virtue âGabriel Danzig
Socrates Erotikos: Mutuality, Role Reversal and Erotic Paideia in Xenophonâs and Platoâs Symposia âFrancesca Pentassuglio
Socratic Economics and the Psychology of Money âT.A. van Berkel
Xenophonâs Conception of Friendship in Memorabilia 2.6 (with Reference to Platoâs Lysis) âMelina Tamiolaki
Socratesâ Attitude towards Politics in Xenophon and Plato âFiorenza Bevilacqua
Plato and Xenophon on the Different Reasons that Socrates Always Obeys the Law âLouis-André Dorion
Platoâs Statesman and Xenophonâs Cyrus âCarol Atack
Sparta in Xenophon and Plato âNoreen Humble
Plato, Xenophon and Persia âC.J. Tuplin
The Enemies of Hunting in Xenophonâs Cynegeticus âDavid Thomas
Index
Introduction to the Comparative Study of Plato and Xenophon âGabriel Danzig
Introduction to This Volume âDavid Johnson
Part 1 Methods
Comparative Exegesis and the Socratic Problem âLouis-André Dorion
Xenophonâs Intertextual Socrates âDavid Johnson
Division and Collection: A New Paradigm for the Relationship between Plato and Xenophon âWilliam H.F. Altman
Xenophon and the Socratics âJames Redfield
Xenophon on âPhilosophyâ and Socrates âChristopher Moore
Xenophon and the Elenchos: A Formal and Comparative Analysis âGenevieve Lachance
Part 2 Ethics
Laughter in Platoâs and Xenophonâs Symposia âKatarzyna Jazdzewska
Socratesâ Physiognomy: Plato and Xenophon in Comparison âAlessandro Stavru
Xenophonâs Triad of Socratic Virtues and the Poverty of Socrates âLowell Edmunds
Pity or Pardon: Responding to Intentional Wrongdoing in Plato, Xenophon, and Aristotle âRoslyn Weiss
Mechanisms of Pleasure according to Xenophonâs Socrates âOlga Chernyakhovskaya
Plato, Aristotle and Xenophon on the Ends of Virtue âGabriel Danzig
Socrates Erotikos: Mutuality, Role Reversal and Erotic Paideia in Xenophonâs and Platoâs Symposia âFrancesca Pentassuglio
Socratic Economics and the Psychology of Money âT.A. van Berkel
Part 3 From Friendship to Politics
Xenophonâs Conception of Friendship in Memorabilia 2.6 (with Reference to Platoâs Lysis) âMelina Tamiolaki
Socratesâ Attitude towards Politics in Xenophon and Plato âFiorenza Bevilacqua
Plato and Xenophon on the Different Reasons that Socrates Always Obeys the Law âLouis-André Dorion
Platoâs Statesman and Xenophonâs Cyrus âCarol Atack
Part 4 History
Sparta in Xenophon and Plato âNoreen Humble
Plato, Xenophon and Persia âC.J. Tuplin
The Enemies of Hunting in Xenophonâs Cynegeticus âDavid Thomas
Index
All interested in Plato, Xenophon, ancient philosophy, and fourth century Greek culture, history and literature.