2004
| Xenophone was a student of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans and later was exiled from Athens. The Symposium records a dinner conversation between Socrates and a group of guests. It is thought possible that Plato knew of this work and was influenced by it when he wrote his own Symposium. |
1919
| Logic is a lawyer's best weapon. To this day, Socrates is the master of rhetoric. The ancient Greek historian Xenophon recorded the great philosopher's dialogues, which are read to this day as a guide for finding weakness in arguments and uncovering h |
1922
| Translation by H. G. Dakyns |
1883
| Translation by H. G. Dakyns |
1917
| But his mode of dealing with his intimates has another aspect. As regards the ordinary necessities of life, [6] his advice was, "Act as you believe[7] these things may best be done." But in the case of those darker problems, the issues of which are incalculable, he directed his friends to consult the oracle, whether the business should be undertaken or not. |
2004
| NOTE: THIS IS a DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. the first efforts of a youth emerging from boyhood should be directed to the institution of the chase, after which he should come to the rest of education, provided he have the means and with an eye to the same; if his means be ample, in a style worthy of the profit to be derived; or, if they be scant, let him at any rate contribute enthusiasm, in nothing falling short of the power he possesses. |
1971
| Xenophon was a Greek who admired and studied with Socrates. He marched with the Spartans and later was exiled from Athens. He wrote about the history of his times, the sayings of Socrates and about life in Greece. The Economist records a discussion between Critobulus and Socrates in which they discuss profitable estate management. Xenophon also recounts a lengthy discussion Socrates had with Ischomachus on the same subject. |
2004
| And for my part I hold it as chief among the magnificent benefits so conferred by him upon his country that, being the most powerful member of the state, he made no secret of his absolute submission to the laws, [3] since what lesser man, seeing the king's obedience, would take[4] on himself to disobey? |
1914
| Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE ) was a wealthy Athenian and friend of Socrates. He left Athens in 401 and joined an expedition including ten thousand Greeks led by the Persian governor Cyrus against the Persian king. After the defeat of Cyrus, it fell to Xenophon to lead the Greeks from the gates of Babylon back to the coast through inhospitable lands. Later he wrote the famous vivid account of this 'March Up-Country' (Anabasis); but meanwhile he entered service under the Spartans against the ....[more] |
2004
| THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. While of tyrants, many have been murderers of their own children, many by their children murdered. Many brothers have been murderers of one another in contest for the crown;many a monarch has been done to death by the wife of his bosom. |
2004
| Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C. On Horsemanship advises the reader on how to buy a good horse, and how to raise it to be either a war horse or show horse. Xenophon ends with some words on military equipment for a cavalryman. |
2004
| NOTE: THIS IS a DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. But, after all, no man, however great his plastic skill, can hope to mould and shape a work of art to suit his fancy, unless the stuff on which he works be first prepared and made ready to obey the craftsman's will. Nor certainly where the raw material consists of men, will you succeed, unless, under God's blessing, these same men have been prepared and made ready to meet their officer in a friendly spirit. They must come to look upon him as of greater sagaci....[more] |
2009
| General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1874 Original Publisher: Harper and brothers Subjects: History / Ancient / Greece History / Middle East / General History / Europe / Greece Philosophy / History |
1917
| Translated by John Selby Watson |
2004
| The above facts are, I think, conclusive. They encourage us not only to introduce as much human labour as possible into the mines, but to extend the scale of operations within, by increase of plant, etc., in full assurance that there is no danger either of the ore itself being exhausted or of silver becoming depreciated. And in advancing these views I am merely following a precedent set me by the state herself. So it seems to me, since the state permits any foreigner who desires it to undertake ....[more] |
1999
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2010
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