Memorabili
- Lingua:
- inglese
- Stato:
- Opera completa
- Autorialità:
- Scritta dall'autore
- Stato del testo:
- Nessun rumore di scansione rilevato (misura automatica su tutto il testo, non verificata a mano)
- Estensione:
- ~70.100 parole · 333 passi
Cita quest'opera
- APASenofonte. (n.d.). The Memorabilia [Memorabili]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/it/works/xenophon/the-memorabilia
- MLASenofonte. The Memorabilia [Memorabili]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/it/works/xenophon/the-memorabilia.
- ChicagoSenofonte. The Memorabilia [Memorabili]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/it/works/xenophon/the-memorabilia.
Riferimento all’edizione riprodotta. SigPhi è la riproduzione digitale. Anno, editore e traduttore compaiono quando noti; «n.d.» indica un anno sconosciuto.
Di che cosa tratta
Ricordi delle conversazioni di Socrate, scritti per difenderlo dalle accuse che lo uccisero.
Contesto e storia
L'altra fonte antica su Socrate accanto a Platone, e confrontare le due è quel che si chiama il problema socratico: il Socrate di Senofonte è pratico, morale e piuttosto convenzionale; quello di Platone è un metafisico. Quale dei due sia più vicino all'uomo vero, se ne discute da ventiquattro secoli. Nota: quest'opera compare due volte, sotto il titolo moderno e sotto il più antico «The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates». Si dica quale si cita.
Contesto editoriale, non una fonte citabile: a differenza dei passi dell'opera, questi dati non si possono verificare sul corpus.
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.…