CONTENTS.
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Grote, George
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Visionary anticipations of Xenophon, financial and commercial
241
Xenophon exhorts his countrymen to maintain peace
243
Difference of the latest compositions of Xenophon and Plato, from their point of view in the earlier
244
CHAPTER V.
Life of Plato.
Scanty information about Plato’s life
246
His birth, parentage, and early education
247
Early relations of Plato with Sokrates
248
Plato’s youth — service as a citizen and soldier
249
Period of political ambition
251
He becomes disgusted with politics
252
He retires from Athens after the death of Sokrates — his travels
253
His permanent establishment at Athens — 386 B.C.
ib.
He commences his teaching at the Academy
254
Plato as a teacher — pupils numerous and wealthy, from different cities
255
Visit of Plato to the younger Dionysius at Syracuse, 367 B.C.Second visit to the same — mortifying failure
258
Expedition of Dion against Dionysius — sympathies of Plato and the Academy
259
Success, misconduct, and death of Dion
ib.
Death of Plato, aged 80, 347 B.C.
260
Scholars of Plato — Aristotle
ib.
Little known about Plato’s personal history