Xenophon: Philosopher-Statesman (David Bahr - Forbes)


Xenophon The Athenian: Not Your Average Pasty-Faced Philosopher

David Bahr, Forbes
5.31.17


Sadly, modernity, until very recently, found little reason to pay attention to Xenophon. Once studied and revered by men like Machiavelli and Alexander the Great, classicists and historians in the early 20th century somehow formed the notion he was a bit of a dullard. His writing, they noted, was too simple; his ideas lacked philosophic nuance. He was clearly, they thought, a poor pupil of Socrates. (Interestingly, the professoriate class never seemed to consider why men of Machiavelli’s and Alexander’s intelligence found Xenophon worth studying!) Today, and in large part to the renewed, respectful attention of political philosophers like Leo Strauss, however, Xenophon’s quiet grandeur and esoteric playfulness are slowly getting recognized anew...link

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