The Demands of Moderation, a Review of Xenophon's Socratic Rhetoric: Virtue, Eros, and Philosophy in the Symposium, by Dustin Gish, Lexington Books, 2022.
Dustin Gish's book, "Xenophon's Socratic Rhetoric: Virtue, Eros, and Philosophy in the Symposium," examines the connection between wisdom and moderation in Xenophon's Symposium. Gish compares Xenophon's portrayal of Socrates to Plato's and suggests that Xenophon's portrayal is more moderate and come...
| Publicado en: | Perspectives on Political Science Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 180 - 185 |
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