We're a little late getting to this, but
Dr. Greg McBrayer, who joined the Department this year, was quoted by David Bahr in
Forbes Magazine in May. Mr. Bahr writes a weekly profile on the classics of the Western Canon for the business magazine and this
article was on Xenophon. Here is what he quoted Dr. McBrayer as saying:
Insofar as Xenophon was a student of the philosopher Socrates,
the Anabasis shows the practical
benefits of a philosophic education. Indeed, Xenophon seems to indicate his
success depended on the education he received from Socrates. But I enjoy the
book, above all, because it shows us that philosophers can be more than just
pasty-faced wastrels!
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