The Middle Road of Classical Political Philosophy
Socrates' Dialogues with Aristippus in Xenophon's Memorabilia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6401889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth C Blanchard (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 671-696 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500019124 |
| OpenAlex | W1998230845 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article examines the contrast between philosophy and sophism in Xenophon's Memorabilia, focusing chiefly on the two dialogues between Socrates and Aristippus. In two crucial respects, Socrates and the sophist appear as opposites. He accepts what the sophist rejects: the obligations and restraints imposed by the city's laws; and he rejects what the sophist accepts: the vulgar notion that everyone knows what the good things are. In the first dialogue, Socrates defends the self-discipline proper to citizen-soldiers against Aristippus' complete rejection of political responsibility. In the second, he points to the substitution of the beautiful for the good as the proper object of philosophical investigation, hi both dialogues, Socrates walks a middle road: he is more political than the sophist, but less so than the politician. Yet he proves to be close to the politician qua philosopher than he is qua citizen
Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Object (grammar · Political science · Politics · SOCRATES · Socratic method · Sophist · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought
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
The Character and Function of Speeches in Xenophon
Xenophon and Greek Philosophy
Xenophon’s Cyropaedia
The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon
The Enemies of Socrates
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,92 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2016 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |