![]() ![]() Xenophon's Socratic writings show a Socrates from a different perspective and help scholars of ancient Greece have a better impression of who Socrates was. ![]() The editor of the texts, Robin Waterfield, argues that Xenophon's works are historically significant because it is a perspective other than Plato's on Socrates. The 'Conversations of Socrates' is a compilation of Xenophon's most important Socratic writings, including four of his five Socratic works: Socrates' Defense, Memoirs of Socrates, The Dinner-Party and the Estate-Manager. Xenophon was, however, considered a great historian and wrote on a wide number of topics. Xenophon is another great chronicler of the life and ideas of Socrates, though his history of Socrates' activities is widely considered less reliable, poorly written and overall less interesting. Plato is Socrates's most famous chronicler. Socrates wrote none of his own thoughts and activities down, leaving that to his associates. Xenophon of Athens (430-354 BC) was an ancient Greek associate of Socrates, the great philosopher. ![]()
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