Book I of Memorabilia

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Book I of Memorabilia is the opening section of Xenophon’s Socratic dialogues, in which he begins defending Socrates’ character and examining his moral teachings through anecdotal conversations.

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Book I of Memorabilia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
aimsToShow Socrates benefited his companions ⓘ
Socrates encouraged virtue ⓘ
Socrates respected the gods ⓘ
linked to: Socrates
author Xenophon ⓘ
contains anecdotal conversations ⓘ
examines justice ⓘ
piety ⓘ
self-control ⓘ
virtue ⓘ
featuresCharacter Socrates ⓘ
Xenophon ⓘ
focusesOn Socrates’ character ⓘ
Socrates’ moral teachings ⓘ
defense of Socrates ⓘ
genre ethical literature ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed Classical Athens ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm Socratic dialogue ⓘ
literaryTechnique anecdote ⓘ
dialogue ⓘ
mainSubject Socrates ⓘ
narrator Xenophon ⓘ
partOf Memorabilia ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Socratic philosophy ⓘ
purpose apology for Socrates ⓘ
defense against charges of corrupting the youth ⓘ
defense against charges of impiety ⓘ
relatedWork Apology of Socrates ⓘ
setting Athens ⓘ
structure series of episodes ⓘ
timeOfComposition 4th century BC ⓘ
workChronologyPosition first book of Memorabilia ⓘ
workDivision book of Memorabilia by Xenophon ⓘ

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Memorabilia → hasPart → Book I of Memorabilia ⓘ