Apologia of Socrates (Xenophontes)

Apologia of Socrates (Xenophontes)

According to Xenophon’s version, Socrates allegedly behaved honorably and majestically at the trial, and he considered his best defense to be his life up to that point. Socrates was not afraid of punishment, because by…

Xenophonte’s “Symposium”: a review

Xenophonte’s “Symposium”: a review

In general, a set of dialogues called “Symposium” is a story about a group of virtuous friends who get into hilarious situations and make vulgar jokes about each other. Behind the jokes, there is sometimes…

A review of Xenophonte’s «Oeconomicus»

A review of Xenophonte’s «Oeconomicus»

Considering the book called “Oeconomicus”, we will focus mainly on what interests us in terms of revealing Xenophon’s ethical-political and philosophical outlook, and in addition we will consider a very atypical work “On Income”, but…

On frank criticism and anger

On frank criticism and anger

The title of this article was chosen for a reason; it is connected with such a scholar of the Epicurean school as Zeno of Sidon (150-75 BC). Who was this Zeno? We know that he…

Against Logic

Against Logic

Researchers of ancient culture widely know that in the Epicurean school of philosophy there is practically no «logic» section. It is replaced by a certain «Canon«, which is a set of recommendations for the proper…

On the Differences in Epicurean and Stoic Ethics

On the Differences in Epicurean and Stoic Ethics

In the course of our ongoing polemic with the «Stoicism and Stoics» group, a crucial question was raised about the difference between philosophical systems in their very essence. After all, from the outside it may…

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