The Memorabilia
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- Status:
- Vollständiges Werk
- Autorschaft:
- Vom Autor verfasst
- Zustand des Textes:
- Kein Scanrauschen festgestellt (automatische Messung über den ganzen Text, nicht von Hand geprüft)
- Umfang:
- ~70.100 Wörter · 333 Passagen
Dieses Werk zitieren
- APAXenophon. (n.d.). The Memorabilia. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/de/works/xenophon/the-memorabilia
- MLAXenophon. The Memorabilia. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/de/works/xenophon/the-memorabilia.
- ChicagoXenophon. The Memorabilia. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/de/works/xenophon/the-memorabilia.
Nachweis der wiedergegebenen Ausgabe. SigPhi ist die digitale Reproduktion. Jahr, Verlag und Übersetzer werden angegeben, soweit bekannt; „n.d.“ bedeutet unbekanntes Jahr.
Wovon es handelt
Erinnerungen an die Gespräche des Sokrates, geschrieben, um ihn gegen die Anklagen zu verteidigen, die ihn getötet haben.
Kontext und Geschichte
Die andere antike Quelle über Sokrates neben Platon, und beide zu vergleichen ist das, was man das sokratische Problem nennt: Xenophons Sokrates ist praktisch, sittlich und ziemlich herkömmlich; der Platons ist ein Metaphysiker. Welcher dem wirklichen Mann näher kommt, wird seit vierundzwanzig Jahrhunderten bestritten. Anmerkung: dieses Werk steht zweimal im Katalog, unter dem modernen Titel und unter dem älteren «The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates». Man sollte sagen, welches man zitiert.
Redaktioneller Kontext, keine zitierfähige Quelle: anders als die Passagen des Werks lassen sich diese Angaben nicht am Korpus überprüfen.
in respect of pleasures; lastly that he was so formidable in debate that there was no antagonist he could not twist round his little finger. Such being their views, and such the character of the pair, which is the more probable: that they sought the society of Socrates because they felt the fascination of his life, and were attracted by the bearing of the man? or because they thought, if only we are leagued with him we shall become adepts in statecraft and unrivalled in the arts of speech and action? For my part I believe that if the choice from Heaven had been given them to live such a life as they saw Socrates living to its close, or to die, they would both have chosen death. Their acts are a conclusive witness to their characters. They no sooner felt themselves to be the masters of those they came in contact with than they sprang aside from Socrates and plunged into that whirl of politics but for which they might never have sought his society. It may be objected: before giving his companions lessons in politics Socrates had better have taught them sobriety. (6) Without disputing the principle, I would point out that a teacher cannot fail to discover to his pupils his method of carrying out his own precepts, and this along with argumentative encouragement. Now I know that Socrates disclosed himself to his companions as a beautiful and noble being, who would reason and debate with them concerning virtue and other human interests in the noblest manner. And of these two I know that as long as they were companions of Socrates even they were temperate, not assuredly from fear of being fined or beaten by Socrates, but because they were persuaded for the nonce of the excellence of such conduct. (6) {sophrosune} = "sound-mindedness," "temperence." See below, IV. iii. 1.…