Robert C. Bartlett
Author of Masters of Greek Thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle
About the Author
Robert C. Bartlett is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Works by Robert C. Bartlett
The Shorter Socratic Writings: "Apology of Socrates to the Jury," "Oeconomicus," and "Symposium" (1996) — Editor — 41 copies
Against Demagogues: What Aristophanes Can Teach Us about the Perils of Populism and the Fate of Democracy, New… (2020) 10 copies
Action and Contemplation: Studies in the Moral and Political Thought of Aristotle (1999) — Editor — 8 copies
The Socratic Revolution 1 copy
Socrates and His Heirs 1 copy
Associated Works
Plato's Statesman: Dialectic, Myth, and Politics (Suny Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy) (2016) — Contributor — 7 copies
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His interrogators seldom understand his irony. In the Apology, when he is asked why he chooses death over some of the other punishments he might ask for, he says that he wants to die before he has to put up with the pains of old age. Kill me now because old age sucks is not a serious argument, but Socrates is the only one in the room who seems to know that.
Bisexual eroticism also stands out in Xenophon’s version of the Symposium. Most of the guests, including Socrates, seem equally turned on by boys and girls, but in the end, everyone except Socrates goes home to play with their wives and girlfriends. Socrates is not anxious to go home to Xantippe, his difficult wife. He heads out into the night alone.
I wish I had read these pieces when I first encountered Socrates in Plato.… (more)