书名：Conversations of Socrates 与苏格拉底的对话
作者：Xenophon
出版社名称：Penguin Classics
出版时间：1990
语种：英文 
ISBN：9780140445176
商品尺寸：13 x 2.3 x 19.8 cm
包装：平装
页数：384

色诺芬，雅典人，历史学家，苏格拉底的弟子。他以记录当时的希腊历史、苏格拉底语录而著称。

苏格拉底，“希腊三杰”之首，其思想对西方世界文明影响极大，被后人广泛地认为是西方哲学的奠基者。苏格拉底虽然没有什么著述留给后人，但他的学生（色诺芬、柏拉图等）和学生的学生们（亚里士多德等），却不断地在著述中提到他的观点和事迹，使他的光辉从未被历史的尘埃掩盖。这本Conversations of Socrates《与苏格拉底的对话》为色诺芬（Xenophon）所著的苏格拉底传记，比柏拉图的对话集更接近真实的Socrates，读者可以对苏格拉底及其思想有更加深入的了解，同时对古希腊时期的知识氛围和人们的日常生活有进一步的认识。

After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC, a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist and, in so doing, transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure. Xenophon's portrait is the only one other than Plato's to survive, and while it offers a very personal interpretation of Socratic thought, it also reveals much about the man and his philosophical views. In 'Socrates' Defence' Xenophon defends his mentor against charges of arrogance made at his trial, while the 'Memoirs of Socrates' also starts with an impassioned plea for the rehabilitation of a wronged reputation. Along with 'The Estate-Manager', a practical economic treatise, and 'The Dinner-Party', a sparkling exploration of love, Xenophon's dialogues offer fascinating insights into the Socratic world and into the intellectual atmosphere and daily life of ancient Greece.

色诺芬（约前430—前355），古希腊历史学家、军事家、作家。雅典人，苏格拉底的弟子。公元前401年参加希腊雇佣军助小居鲁士（Kurush，约前424—前401）争夺波斯王位，未遂，次年率军而返。前396年投身斯巴达，被母邦判处终身放逐，死于柯林斯。色诺芬以记录当时的希腊历史、苏格拉底语录著称。他的著作16世纪就被译成多种欧洲文字。著有《远征记》《希腊史》《经济论》《回忆苏格拉底》等。
Xenophonwas born c.430BC, an Athenian gentleman. Whilst fighting for Greece, he was finally banished due to his devotion to Socrates and support for Sparta. Settling near Olympia under Spartan protection, he began to write his treatises, histories and biographies.

Conversations of Socrates - Xenophon Preface
Introduction
Socrates' Defence
Introduction
Socrates' Defence Memoirs of Socrates
Introduction
Memoirs of Socrates The Dinner-Party
Introduction
The Dinner-Party The Estate-Manager
Introduction
The Estate-ManagerBibliography
Index of Proper Names

I think it is worth recording what Socrates thought about his defence and the end of his life, once he had been summoned for trial. Now, others have written about the trial, and they have all touched upon his arrogant tone;’ so it is clear that this is how Socrates actually spoke. But what they didn’t make clear — and without it the arrogance of his tone is bound to appear rather foolish — is this: he had already decided that for him death was preferable to life. However, Hermogenes the son of Hipponicus was a companion of Socrates and he has divulged information about him which shows that his haughtiness was in keeping with his thinking.
Hermogenes reported that he noticed Socrates discussing anything rather than the trial, and that he said to him: ‘Really, Socrates, ought you not to be considering your defence?’
Socrates at first replied: ‘Don’t you think that my whole life has been a preparation for my defence?’
‘How?’
‘Because I have consistently done no wrong, and this, I think, is the finest preparation for a defence.’
Hermogenes tried another tack: ‘Don’t you sec that the Athenian courts have often been prevailed upon by argument to put innocent men to death, and equally have often acquitted wrong- doers, either out of pity aroused by the speeches or because they’ve been flattered?”
‘Yes, but as a matter of fact,’ he said, ‘twice now, when I was trying to consider my defence, the divine opposed me.’
‘That’s remarkable,’ said Hermogenes and Socrates replied:
‘Do you really think it’s remarkable that God should decide that it is better for me to die now?3 Don’t you realize that up to now I would not have conceded to anyone that he had lived a better life than I? I mean, nothing could be more pleasant than knowing that I have lived my whole life respecting the gods and acting morally towards men. And not only has this integrity of mine caused me to be extremely proud of myself, but I have also found that my associates recognize it in me. Now, if my years are prolonged, I’m sure that I shall have to pay the penalties of old age: impaired vision and hearing, and increasing slowness at learning and forgetfulness of what I have learned. And if I am aware that I am deteriorating and find fault with myself, how could I live
pleasantly then?