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grbs-16352	Jeirani, Yashar	The Politics of Benefit: On the Identity of Household Management and Politics in Xenophon’s Memorabilia	2020	25	.pdf	application/pdf	9895	388	54	The Socratic conception of household management and the identification of politics with household management In the section which describes how Socrates assisted his friends regarding noble things, Xenophon narrates a conversation be- tween Socrates and Nicomachides, prompted by the former. 36–60 dialogue shows that Xenophon’s Socrates puts forth this calcu- lative and benefit-based political doctrine as an anti-doctrine to a more ‘noble’ political doctrine which stresses noble virtues or honor-based distinctions as the ultimate standard for evaluating and being a statesman (Nietsche’s “pathos of distance”).6 I argue that Socrates provides two reasons for supporting his doctrine identifying statesmanship and household management; these two reasons, by focusing on the interests of the ruled and the rulers respectively, prove the point that the identification doc- trine is a political doctrine (or Socratic political doctrine) proper.7 with Socrates’ position in Memorabilia.	cache/grbs-16352.pdf	txt/grbs-16352.txt