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Conversations of Socrates

Xenophon

Form
Form Philosophy
Year
Year 371 BCE
Originally in
Originally in Ancient Greek
Pages
Pages 400

At a dinner party in Athens, Socrates argues in earnest that he is the handsomest man there: bulging eyes that see round corners, flared nostrils that catch a scent from anywhere, a wide mouth built for kissing. The vote goes against him unanimously, and he grumbles the judges were bought.

To have no wants at all is, to my mind, an attribute of Godhead
Conversations of Socrates, Xenophon

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