Xenophon, the Philosopher: Argumentation and Ethics

ISBN-13: 9783631890059 / Angielski

Benjamin Kloss; Claudia Mársico; Daniel Rossi Nunes Lopes

Opis

Studies on Xenophon's philosophy

Spis treści

Contents - 1. Explorations on Akrasia and Happiness - Alessandro Stavru - Akrasia in Xenophon's Socrates, in the Light of the 5th and 4th Century Debate Over Akratic Patterns of Action - Olga Chernyakhovskaya - On Enkrateia and Akrasia in Xenophon - Gabriel Danzig - Things That Will Be Beneficial Always: Xenophon's Eudaimonology and the Happiness of Socrates - Rodrigo Illarraga - Notes on the Dynamics between Kingship and Tyranny in Xenophon - 2. Towards Ethical Models - Fiorenza Bevilacqua - Xenophon's Oeconomicus: Elements of New Ethics in Economics - Christopher Moore - S phronein in Xenophon's Spartan Constitution (Lakedaimoni n Politeia) - Claudia Marsico - How to Become a Successful Tyrant. Ethics and Anthropology in Xenophon's Hiero - Noreen Humble - Xenophon's Agesilaus: Expedient Rhetoric or Ethical Paradigm - 3. Argumentation and Philosophical Method - David M. Johnson - History and the Oeconomicus - Louis- André Dorion - Some Sophistic Positions Held by Xenophon's Socrates - Santiago Chame - The Dialectical Method in Xenophon and Antisthenes - Francisco Villar - The Term "sophist" in Xenophon - List of Contributors

O autorze

Claudia Marsico is a Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires, in Argentina, and the Founding President of the International Society for Socratic Studies (ISSS).
Daniel Rossi Nunes Lopes is a Professor of Greek Language and Literature at the University of São Paulo, in Brazil. They held an international conference dedicated to exploring Xenophon's philosophy which was the basis of this volume