The Oeconomicus

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oeconomicus written by Sarah B. Pomeroy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oeconomicus is unique in Greek literature in combining a discussion of the proper management of an oikos ('family', 'household', or 'estate') and didactic material on agriculture within a Socratic dialogue. It is one of the richest primary sources for the social, economic, and intellectual history of classical Athens. It contains valuable information and raises questions of perennial interest on marriage; the innate moral, physical, and mental qualities of men and women; the functioning of domestic and public economies; rural and urban life; Greek slavery; popular religion; the role of education, and many other topics. Despite the current widespread interest in the subjects discussed in the Oeconomicus, this text has been largely ignored, and only a few European dissertations - none in English - have been written on it. In this book Professor Pomeroy provides a new translation to complement the Oxford Classical Text, as well as a comprehensive Introduction and Commentary, making the book readily accessible to those both with and without a knowledge of Greek. She covers a wide range of subjects, including agriculture, philosophy, and social, military, intellectual, and economic history. It should be of special interest to scholars and students of classics, history, and philosophy, as well as women's studies.

Author : Gebhard Kirchgässner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387727973
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homo Oeconomicus written by Gebhard Kirchgässner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-13 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economic model of behaviour is fundamental not only in economic theory, but also in modern approaches of other social sciences, above all in political science and law. This book provides a comprehensive treatise of the general model, its philosophical and methodological foundations and its applications in different fields. In addition to the basic model, extensions to its assumptions are examined to account for complex applications like low-cost situations with moral behaviour.

Author : Leah Kronenberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139488635
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Allegories of Farming from Greece and Rome written by Leah Kronenberg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Professor Kronenberg shows that Xenophon's Oeconomicus, Varro's De Re Rustica and Virgil's Georgics are not simply works on farming but belong to a tradition of philosophical satire which uses allegory and irony to question the meaning of morality. These works metaphorically connect farming and its related arts to political life; but instead of presenting farming in its traditional guise as a positive symbol, they use it to model the deficiencies of the active life, which in turn is juxtaposed to a preferred contemplative way of life. Although these three texts are not usually treated together, this book convincingly connects them with an original and provocative interpretation of their allegorical use of farming. It also fills an important gap in our understanding of the literary influences on the Georgics by showing that it is shaped not just by its poetic predecessors but by philosophical dialogue.

Author : Xenophon
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book the oeconomicus of xenophon written by Xenophon and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1923 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alex C. Purves
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139487981
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Space and Time in Ancient Greek Narrative written by Alex C. Purves and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-22 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging survey of ancient Greek narrative from archaic epic to classical prose, Alex Purves shows how stories unfold in space as well as in time. She traces a shift in authorial perspective, from a godlike overview to the more focused outlook of human beings caught up in a developing plot, inspired by advances in cartography, travel, and geometry. Her analysis of the temporal and spatial dimensions of ancient narrative leads to new interpretations of important texts by Homer, Herodotus, and Xenophon, among others, showing previously unnoticed connections between epic and prose. Drawing on the methods of classical philology, narrative theory, and cultural geography, Purves recovers a poetics of spatial representation that lies at the core of the Greeks' conception of their plots.

Author : Xenophon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
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Download or read book The Oeconomicus written by Xenophon and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leo Strauss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781587319655
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Xenophon's Socrates written by Leo Strauss and published by . This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Xenophon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oeconomicus of Xenophon written by Xenophon and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael A. Flower
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107050065
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Xenophon written by Michael A. Flower and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces Xenophon's writings and their importance for Western culture, while explaining the main scholarly controversies.

Author : David M. Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000382257
Total Pages : 342 pages
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Download or read book Xenophon’s Socratic Works written by David M. Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Xenophon’s Socratic Works demonstrates that Xenophon, a student of Socrates, military man, and man of letters, is an indispensable source for our understanding of the life and philosophy of Socrates. David M. Johnson restores Xenophon’s most ambitious Socratic work, the Memorabilia (Socratic Recollections), to its original literary context, enabling readers to experience it as Xenophon’s original audience would have, rather than as a pale imitation of Platonic dialogue. He shows that the Memorabilia, together with Xenophon’s Apology, provides us with our best evidence for the trial of Socrates, and a comprehensive and convincing refutation of the historical charges against Socrates. Johnson’s account of Socrates’ moral psychology shows how Xenophon’s emphasis on control of the passions can be reconciled with the intellectualism normally attributed to Socrates. Chapters on Xenophon’s Symposium and Oeconomicus (Estate Manager) reveal how Xenophon used all the literary tools of Socratic dialogue to defend Socratic sexual morality (Symposium) and debate the merits and limits of conventional elite values (Oeconomicus). Throughout the book, Johnson argues that Xenophon’s portrait of Socrates is rich and coherent, and largely compatible with the better-known portrait of Socrates in Plato. Xenophon aimed not to provide a rival portrait of Socrates, Johnson shows, but to supplement and clarify what others had said about Socrates. Xenophon’s Socratic Works, thus, provides readers with a far firmer basis for reconstruction of the trial of Socrates, a key moment in the history of Athenian democracy, and for our understanding of Socrates’ seminal impact on Greek philosophy. This volume introduces Xenophon’s Socratic works to a wide range of readers, from undergraduate students encountering Socrates or ancient philosophy for the first time to scholars with interests in Socrates or ancient philosophy more broadly. It is also an important resource for readers interested in Socratic dialogue as a literary form, the trial of Socrates, Greek sexual morality (the central topic of Xenophon’s Symposium), or Greek social history (for which the Oeconomicus is a key text).