Introduction 1. The Socratic Science of Economics The Interlocutor Critobulus The High Status of the Theme of "Household Management" Economics as a Universal Science The True, Scientific Meaning of Riches Virtue Is Knowledge The Wealthy Philosopher and the Impoverished Young Magnate Socrates Evades Responsibility 2. The Case for Farming The Most Resplendent Farming Free Citizen-Farmers Critobulus''s Telling Objection The Conversion of Critobulus to Farming 3. Teaching Socrates How a Gentleman Educates His Wife How and Why Socrates Turned to Inquiry into the Noble ( Kalon ) How the Spotlight Fell on the Gentleman''s Education of His Wife The Prelude to the Gentleman''s Education of His Wife The Initial Stage in the Wife''s Education The Gentleman''s Theological Teaching The Gentleman''s Initial Teaching on Ruling and Being Ruled The First Part of the Gentleman''s Teaching on Order (and Disorder) The Second Part of the Gentleman''s Teaching on Order (and Disorder) Choosing and Educating the Chief Subordinate Ruler in the Household The Gentleman''s Political Regime Xenophon and His Socrates as Dramatic Artists The Gentleman on Appearance and Reality (Being) 4. Teaching Socrates the Activities of a Gentleman The Gentleman''s Magnificence The Gentleman as Speaker and Reasoner Socrates Makes a Mistake 5. Teaching Socrates How a Gentleman Educates His Overseers In Good Will Toward Himself In Diligence In Knowledge of the Art of Farming In Skilled Rule In a Certain Virtue of Justice Socrates''s Summary Review of the Education of the Overseers 6. Teaching Socrates the Art of Farming Earth''s Complex Nature, or, Her Divine Simplicity? Philosophic Preparation of Fallow for Sowing Socratic Sowing, Under God The Other Main Tasks of Cereal Farming Planting Trees and Vines Diligence vs. Knowledge The Progressive Spirit of the Gentleman Farmer The Loftiness of the Gentleman''s Skilled Rule 7.

Socrates Leading the Festivity of Gentlemen in the Symposium The Setting Autolycus: The Beautiful Power of the God of Love Breaking the Spell of Divine Erotic Beauty Lycon: Civic Virtue and Socratic Virtue Socrates Strives to Maintain the Upper Hand Callias Vindicates His Claim to Superior Wisdom Niceratus: The Sidekick of Callias Critobulus: The Sensually Beautiful Socratic Charmides: The Politically Restless Socratic Antisthenes: The Moralistic Socratic Hermogenes: The Pious Socratic Foreshadowing the First Part of the Indictment of Socrates Socratic "Pimping" and "Procuring" Socratic Beauty Foreshadowing the Most Serious Part of the City''s Indictment of Socrates Socrates Becomes the Teacher of the "Syracusan" Socrates''s Oratorical Presentation of His Political Philosophizing Xenophon''s Art of Socratic Portraiture 8. Deliberate Defiance in the Apology The Puzzle as to the Purpose of Socrates''s Offensive Boastfulness Hermogenes as a Key to the Apology What Hermogenes Embodies The Strategic Importance of Hermogenes Hermogenes as Apt Conduit for Socrates''s Self-Disclosure What the Report of the Pretrial Conversation with Hermogenes Reveals Socrates''s Whole Life as His Defense The Relations between Socrates and His God(s) Socrates on the Relation between the Pleasant and the Good Socrates''s Moral Satisfaction with His Entire Life Socrates''s Self-Admiration The Close of the Conversation What the Report of the Defense Speech Reveals The Rebuttal of the Charge of Impiety The Rebuttal of the Charge of Corrupting the Young After the Trial At the Trial, After the Verdict "So It Is Said" Appendix: Preliminary Observations on the Contrasts and Complementarities between Xenophon''s and Plato''s Presentations of Socrates Notes Works Cited Index.