{"product_id":"the-economist-a-talk-about-profitable-estate-management-and-a-treatise-on-the-science-of-the-household-in-the-form-of-a-dialogue-paperback-1","title":"The Economist: A Talk about Profitable Estate Management and A Treatise on the Science of the Household in the form of a Dialogue - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eXenophon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Economist records Socrates and Critobulus in a talk about profitable estate management, and a lengthy recollection by Socrates of Ischomachus' discussion of the same topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTERLOCUTORS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocrates and Critobulus \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Chapter VII. a prior discussion held between Socrates and Ischomachus is introduced: On the life of a \"beautiful and good\" man. In these chapters (vii.-xxi.) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocrates is represented by the author as repeating for the benefit of Critobulus and the rest certain conversations which he had once held with the beautiful and good Ischomachus on the essentials of economy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a tete-a-tete discussion, and in the original Greek the remarks of the two speakers are denoted by such phrases as {ephe o 'Iskhomakhos-ephen egio}-\"said (he) Ischomachus,\" \"said I.\" (Socrates) To save the repetition of expressions tedious in English, I have, whenever it seemed help to do so, ventured to throw parts of the reported conversations into dramatic form, inserting \"Isch.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Soc.\" in the customary way to designate the speakers; but these, it must be borne in mind, are merely \"asides\" to the reader, who will not forget that Socrates is the narrator throughout-speaking of himself as \"I,\" and of Ischomachus as \"he,\" or by his name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.19 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46714876526789,"sku":"9781805475163","price":23.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/yMPe8SN3W29781805475163_856e8318-a6c5-46b3-ab3d-6651781850ab.webp?v=1786525856","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-economist-a-talk-about-profitable-estate-management-and-a-treatise-on-the-science-of-the-household-in-the-form-of-a-dialogue-paperback-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}