This deep realism, which came from his experience as a man of action, a military leader & landowner, meant that he cared more for the innate qualities of leadership than for political systems & their theory; thence the prejudice that makes him a second-rate political philosopher.
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Xenophon concerned himself with the nature & education of the leader. This line of thought, nature & education, we find in every single work of his, relentlessly pursued. The leader must be born so; but education should be the difference that turns Raskolnikov into Napoleon.
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in what book does he discuss this?
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Memorabilia, III, 5-7 is a good place to start - Socrate's actions (educating future leaders rather than discussing politics), show Xenophon's ideas on the matter.
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You have any thoughts re: Xenophon translations? Or translations of the other Greek historians (esp. Thucydides)?
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I'm not really familiar with English translations, actually.
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Conservative men have MAJOR problems with their masculinity, which tells you they're just a bunch of dorks inside.
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What? whom are you addressing?
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