{"product_id":"the-shorter-writings-hardback-9781501718496","title":"The Shorter Writings (Hardback) 9781501718496","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Shorter Writings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eXenophon (Author), Gregory A. McBrayer (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501718496\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 May 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e414 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagnificent.... The translators and commentators assembled by McBrayer approach Xenophon with a prudence and care that would have made the Athenian smile.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Weekly Standard) \u003cp\u003ePlaudits to Gregory McBrayer, who has edited a new collection of the shorter works of the ancient Greek philosopher Xenophon, complete with fresh literal translations and interpretative essays by distinguished scholars. \u003ci\u003eThe Shorter Writings\u003c\/i\u003e features Xenophon's reflections on subjects ranging from tyranny, political economy, hunting with dogs, and the ways of life of Athens and Sparta, the two most interesting Greek cities. By writing on topics that can at first glance sometimes appear quite mundane, Xenophon shows how the greatest philosophical puzzles can be seen through the practical problems of life out in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e (Mosaic Magazine) \u003cp\u003eOn the surface, the Ways and Means is an attempt by a native son of Athens to restore the laurel to that great city through economic reforms. On a deeper level, it is the recognition of national existence as a strenuous act of renewal; and, more importantly, the affirmation and exposition of a certain kind of knowledge, or \"science,\" of political economy.\u003c\/p\u003e - Pedro L. Gonzalez, American Greatness (KirkCenter.org)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book contains new, annotated, and literal yet accessible translations of Xenophon’s eight shorter writings, accompanied by interpretive essays that reveal these works to be masterful achievements by a serious thinker of the first rank who raises important moral, political, and philosophical questions. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive of these shorter writings are unmistakably devoted to political matters. \u003ci\u003eThe Agesilaos\u003c\/i\u003e is a eulogy of a Spartan king, and the \u003ci\u003eHiero, or the Skilled Tyrant\u003c\/i\u003e recounts a searching dialogue between a poet and a tyrant. \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRegime of the Lacedaemonians \u003c\/i\u003epresents itself as a laudatory examination of what turns out to be an oligarchic regime of a certain type, while\u003ci\u003e The Regime of the Athenians\u003c\/i\u003e offers an unflattering picture of a democratic regime.\u003ci\u003e Ways and Means, or On Revenues\u003c\/i\u003e offers suggestions on how to improve the political economy of Athens’ troubled democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe other three works included here-\u003ci\u003eThe Skilled Cavalry Commander\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Horsemanship\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe One Skilled at Hunting with Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e-treat skills deemed appropriate for soldiers and leaders, touching on matters of political importance, especially in regard to war. \u003cb\u003eBy bringing together Xenophon’s shorter writings, this volume aims to help those interested in Xenophon to better understand the core of his thought, political as well as philosophical.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretive essays by: Wayne Ambler, Robert C. Bartlett, Amy L. Bonnette, Susan D. Collins, Michael Ehrmantraut, David Levy, Gregory A. McBrayer, Abram N. Shulsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607771115800,"sku":"9781501718496","price":86.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-shorter-writings-hardback-9781501718496","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}