Xenophon the Socratic Prince - The Argument of the Anabasis of Cyrus

"The Anabasis of Cyrus is Xenophon's counterpart to Machiavelli's Prince. The work explores the political life at its peak, examining whether morality and advantage can be reconciled in and through rule. Of the three model rulers presented in the work, the most important is Xenophon himself. He is depicted as leaving his teacher Socrates to become the leader of Ten Thousand Greek mercenaries. How did his Socratic education help him reconcile morality with advantage? The Anabasis is an exciting chronicle of the march to "The Sea! The Sea!" It is also a searching analysis of the political significance of the Socratic education as well as an introduction to the comparative merits of the political and the philosophic lives"--

List of contents

Introduction: The Political Life and the Socratic Education PART I: THE KINGSHIP OF CYRUS 1. 'The Godlike King' (Book One) PART II: THE KINGSHIP OF KLEARCHOS 2. 'The Pious King' (Book Two) PART III: THE KINGSHIP OF XENOPHON 'The Socratic King' (Books Three through Seven) 3. Book Three: Piety 4. Book Four: Courage 5. Book Five: Justice 6. Book Six: Gratitude 7. Book Seven: The Love of the Soldier (PHILOSTRATI?T?S) Conclusion: The Argument of the Anabasis of Cyrus

Product details

• Authors: E Buzzetti, E. Buzzetti, Eric Buzzetti
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2014
• EAN: 9781137333308
• ISBN: 978-1-137-33330-8
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Recovering Political Philosophy; Recovering Political Philosoph; Recovering Political Philosophy; Recovering Political Philosoph
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Political Science, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Social Philosophy, ancient philosophy, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Political Science Collection, Classical Philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval, Philosophy, Ancient, Classical literature, Classical and Antique Literature, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Ancient Philosophy / Classical Philosophy, love;Machiavelli;morality