In this paper I investigate the relationship between the serious and the playful elements in Socrates’ character as these unfold within the context of Xenophon’s Symposium. For the Greeks, the concept of value is attached to the meaning of seriousness, and this accounts for the natural preference for the serious over the playful. Despite the potential rivalry of the playful and philosophy, Socrates mixes the playful with the serious in such a way as to conceal their boundary. This mixing serves the purpose of education, by both attracting us to Socrates and placing us at a distance from the intended meaning of his words
A consideration of Memorabilia 4.6 as a whole and in context reveals that Xenophon’s Socrates taught...
Socrates’ purposes, in his philosophical conversations with others, remain a puzzle. We review eleve...
This book offers a concise introduction to Xenophon, the Athenian historian, political thinker, mora...
In this paper I investigate the relationship between the serious and the playful elements in Socrate...
“Irony, Finitude and The Good Life,” examines the notion that Socrates, as he is portrayed in the Pl...
The author investigates the two most explicit educational methods and lessons found within Plato’s R...
The designator „Socrates“ refers to a more complicated philosophical figure than is usually acknowle...
Xenophon, whom Diogenes Laertius included among the Greek philosophers, composed a series of writing...
This work is concerned with the portrait of Socrates in Xenophon\u27s Memorabilia, Symposium and Apo...
Two Socratic dialogues often considered “comic”—Ion and Hippias Major—have also been conte...
International audienceMemorabilia III, 11 is a masterly example of Socrates’ ability to combine seri...
At Apology 33c Socrates explains that "some people enjoy … my company" because "they … enjoy hearing...
This paper seeks to illuminate the significance of Socrates\u27 entrance into a series of speeches b...
Plato’s dialogue genre contains within it literary elements not normally associated with a philosoph...
Plato’s Phaedrus is a famously intriguing dialogue. It employs a wide range of writing styles, such ...
A consideration of Memorabilia 4.6 as a whole and in context reveals that Xenophon’s Socrates taught...
Socrates’ purposes, in his philosophical conversations with others, remain a puzzle. We review eleve...
This book offers a concise introduction to Xenophon, the Athenian historian, political thinker, mora...
In this paper I investigate the relationship between the serious and the playful elements in Socrate...
“Irony, Finitude and The Good Life,” examines the notion that Socrates, as he is portrayed in the Pl...
The author investigates the two most explicit educational methods and lessons found within Plato’s R...
The designator „Socrates“ refers to a more complicated philosophical figure than is usually acknowle...
Xenophon, whom Diogenes Laertius included among the Greek philosophers, composed a series of writing...
This work is concerned with the portrait of Socrates in Xenophon\u27s Memorabilia, Symposium and Apo...
Two Socratic dialogues often considered “comic”—Ion and Hippias Major—have also been conte...
International audienceMemorabilia III, 11 is a masterly example of Socrates’ ability to combine seri...
At Apology 33c Socrates explains that "some people enjoy … my company" because "they … enjoy hearing...
This paper seeks to illuminate the significance of Socrates\u27 entrance into a series of speeches b...
Plato’s dialogue genre contains within it literary elements not normally associated with a philosoph...
Plato’s Phaedrus is a famously intriguing dialogue. It employs a wide range of writing styles, such ...
A consideration of Memorabilia 4.6 as a whole and in context reveals that Xenophon’s Socrates taught...
Socrates’ purposes, in his philosophical conversations with others, remain a puzzle. We review eleve...
This book offers a concise introduction to Xenophon, the Athenian historian, political thinker, mora...
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