Memorabilia of Socrates
by Xenophon · first published 1863
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A book published in 1946 is "very old"?! hehe. Maybe try Plutarch's Lives (about 100AD), or Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates (about 370BC), both of which are extremely readable, gossipy even, and touch on that subject. Marvel at how little's changed. If I had to name one book, I guess Emerson's Essays: First and Second Series,…
on “Ask HN: What was the one book that you read and it actually changed your life?” ↗There is also this passage in Xenophon's Memorabilia of Socrates (apologies for the long post, no direct link possible): Observing Aristarchus, on one occasion, looking gloomily, “You seem,” said he, “Aristarchus, to be taking something to heart; but you ought to…
on “Socrates and a friend talk about the morality of profit” ↗