Oeconomicus

Name: Oeconomicus
Brand: Selkies House Limited
SKU: 9781917254090
Price: 2700 KES
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ISBN: 9781917254090

by Xenophon

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series World Library of Ancient Land, Garden Design and Household Wisdom

ISBN-10 1917254091

ISBN-13 9781917254090

Publisher Selkies House Limited

Imprint Selkies House Limited

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 3rd, 2026

Product Classification: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Household hints Household management and home hints

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The first in a new gift series of the world's ancient wisdom on land, gardens and the home, reinterpreted for the modern small holder, gardener, and nature lover. Oeconomicus is the original and most important Greek classic text on household management by one of the great writers of Antiquity, the philospher Xenophon.

Stoicism, hard work and moderation frame Oeconomicus. It is one of the world’s earliest works on the subjects of home management and the concept of ownership. In the form of philosophical discourse, writer Xenophon visits a conversation between Socrates and one of his followers, Critobulus, and they discuss what it is that makes “a home”. As their conversation develops topics under discussion include money and the relative notions of wealth that property and possessions hold. In a second part, Xenophon relates Socrates’ recollection of a conversation with gentleman-farmer Ischomachus. His view of the role of husbands and wives is shared. The ideas have been controversial for two millennia among scholars but are being replayed today.

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