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Xenophon

Historian and student of Socrates, used as a source of examples.

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First appearance: i of the things which are in our power and not in our power

Xenophon shows up with force in Of Disputation or Discussion. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Author of the Symposium, cited as a source for Socrates' skill in ending quarrels.
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