Socrates in conversation, remembered by Xenophon. Four books of practical philosophy — how to manage a household, choose friends, practise self-control. A Socrates who gives useful advice rather than asking unanswerable questions.
Start ReadingXenophon defends Socrates against the charges of impiety and corrupting the youth. He presents conversations showing Socrates' practical wisdom and piety.
More Socratic conversations on self-control, friendship, and the good. Socrates helps friends with practical problems and teaches them to examine their assumptions.
Socrates discusses leadership, estate management, and civic virtue. His method is to draw out knowledge through questions rather than lecturing.
The final conversations. Socrates teaches that virtue is knowledge and that the truly wise man is useful to his city. A warmer, more practical Socrates than Plato's.