Socratic Method in Xenophon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5018399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert R Wellman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 307 |
| Publication date | 1976-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5037 • E-ISSN: 1086-3222 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2708826 |
| OpenAlex | W2319986528 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
Xenophon is frequently criticized by commentators for failing to portray Socrates as truly Socratic, that is, as Plato portrays him, constantly involved in eristic duels culminating in elenchus (refutation). Xenophon's Socrates is a preacher or a pedestrian discussant of household management, but he is not Socrates.' The criticism appears to be based on a narrow and inadequate view of Socratic method derived principally from Plato's elenctic dialogues. Ryle aptly summarizes this point of view when he states that rule-governed concatenation of questions, answerable by 'yes' or 'no,' which are intended to drive the answerer into self-contradiction ... is what should be meant by 'the Socratic Method.' 2
Epistemology · Socratic method · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · History · Philosophy
Xenofonte e a paideia do governante
Xenophon’s Apology and Memorabilia
Xenophon and Greek Political Thought
Xenophon’s Views on Sparta
Xenophon’s Changing Fortunes in the Modern World
Xenophon’s Place in Fourth-Century Greek Historiography
Xenophon’s Anabasis and Hellenica
Xenophon and his Times
Xenophon’s Authorial Voice
Xenophon’s Oeconomicus
Xenophon on Leadership
Xenophon’s Narrative Style
Xenophon and the Instruction of Princes
Epilogue
Xenophon as a Historian
Xenophon’s Language and Expression
Xenophon and Athens
Xenophon
Xenophon’s Influence in Imperial Greece
Xenophon on Persia
Allegories of Farming from Greece and Rome
The Character and Function of Speeches in Xenophon
Xenophon and Greek Philosophy
Xenophon’s Cyropaedia
Socrates’ Economics Versus Ischomachus’ Economics
The Pregnant Male as Myth and Metaphor in Classical Greek Literature
The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon
An Examination of the Interconnection between Education and Politics or Authority and Freedom in Xenophon’s Oeconomicus
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.65 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |