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Xenophon

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A Talk about Profitable Estate Management and A Treatise on the Science of the Household in...

Xenophon

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English

Intell Book Publishers
11 May 2023

Macroeconomics; Investment & securities; Property & real estate; Management: leadership & motivation; Economic geography

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"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.

The Economist records Socrates and Critobulus in a talk about profitable estate management, and a lengthy recollection by Socrates of Ischomachus' discussion of the same topic.

INTERLOCUTORS

Socrates and Critobulus

At Chapter VII. a prior discussion held between Socrates and Ischomachus is introduced: On the life of a ""beautiful and good"" man. In these chapters (vii.-xxi.)

Socrates is represented by the author as repeating for the benefit of Critobulus and the rest certain conversations which he had once held with the beautiful and good Ischomachus on the essentials of economy.

It was a tete-a-tete discussion, and in the original Greek the remarks of the two speakers are denoted by such phrases as {ephe o 'Iskhomakhos-ephen egio}-""said (he) Ischomachus,"" ""said I."" (Socrates) To save the repetition of expressions tedious in English, I have, whenever it seemed help to do so, ventured to throw parts of the reported conversations into dramatic form, inserting ""Isch.""

""Soc."" in the customary way to designate the speakers; but these, it must be borne in mind, are merely ""asides"" to the reader, who will not forget that Socrates is the narrator throughout-speaking of himself as ""I,"" and of Ischomachus as ""he,"" or by his name."

By: Xenophon
Imprint: Intell Book Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 240g
ISBN: 9781805475163
ISBN 10: 1805475169
Pages: 94
Publication Date: 11 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active