Should I also read Xenophon's writings about Socrates? How

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2016-02-25 23:38:30 Post No. 7743409
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Anonymous 2016-02-25 23:38:30 Post No. 7743409 [Report]

Should I also read Xenophon's writings about Socrates? How does he differs from Plato?

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Anonymous 2016-02-25 23:43:06 Post No.7743424
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Anonymous 2016-02-25 23:43:06 Post No.7743424 [Report]

>>7743409
don't bother, just read Gene Wolfe.

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Anonymous 2016-02-25 23:48:32 Post No.7743444
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Anonymous 2016-02-25 23:48:32 Post No.7743444 [Report]

>>7743424

who?

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Anonymous 2016-02-25 23:57:40 Post No.7743471
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Anonymous 2016-02-25 23:57:40 Post No.7743471 [Report]

>>7743424
>Gene Wolfe
super kek

>>7743409
I only read the trial of Socrates by Xenophon.

As I remember Socrates seemed a bit more egotistical and less like he wanted to teach a moral lesson as in the description by Plato.

It's an interesting read, but you wouldn't miss much if you skipped him.

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Anonymous 2016-02-25 23:58:53 Post No.7743477
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Anonymous 2016-02-25 23:58:53 Post No.7743477 [Report]

>>7743444
the genius of our time, where you been?
Sterne, Proust, Dostoevsky, Joyce, Melville, Faulkner, all are mere stepping stones to Wolfe.

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Anonymous 2016-02-26 00:19:42 Post No.7743548
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Anonymous 2016-02-26 00:19:42 Post No.7743548 [Report]

>>7743477
Dude, just stop it. Gene Wolfe is a footnote and just because you like him doesn't mean anything.

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Anonymous 2016-02-26 00:21:54 Post No.7743554
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Anonymous 2016-02-26 00:21:54 Post No.7743554 [Report]

>>7743548
That's an absolute lie. A footnote? You haven't even read his work, you utter pleb.