Editing Xenocrates (section)

==Writings==
With a comprehensive work on [[Dialectic]] ({{lang|grc|τῆς περὶ τὸ διαλέγεσθαι πραγματείας βιβλία ιδ΄}}) there were also separate treatises ''On [[Knowledge]]'', ''On Knowledgibility'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ ἐπιστήμης α΄, περὶ ἐπιστημοσύνης α΄}}), ''On Divisions'' ({{lang|grc|διαιρέσεις η΄}}), ''On Genera and Species'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ γενῶν καὶ εἰδῶν α΄}}), ''On Ideas'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ ἰδεῶν}}), ''On the Opposite'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ τοῦ ἐναντίου}}), and others, to which probably the work ''On Mediate Thought'' ({{lang|grc|τῶν περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν η΄}})<ref>{{harvnb|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 13, 12}}; comp. Cicero, ''Academica'', iv. 46</ref> also belonged. Two works by Xenocrates on Physics are mentioned ({{lang|grc|περὶ φύσεως ϛ΄ - φυσικῆς ἀκροάσεως ϛ΄}}),{{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 11, 13}} as are also books ''On the [[Gods]]'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ Θεῶν β΄}}),<ref>{{harvnb|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 13}}; comp. Cicero, ''de Natura Deorum'', i. 13</ref> ''On the Existent'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ τοῦ ὄντος}}),{{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 12}} ''On the One'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ τοῦ ἑνός}}), ''On the Indefinite'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ τοῦ ἀορίστου}}),{{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 11}} ''On the Soul'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ ψυχῆς}}),{{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 13}} ''On the Emotions'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ τῶν παθῶν α΄}}){{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 12}} ''On [[Memory]]'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ μνήμης}}), etc. In like manner, with the more general [[Ethical]] treatises ''On [[Happiness]]'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ εὐδαιμονίας β΄}}),{{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 12}} and ''On [[Virtue]]'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ ἀρετῆς}}){{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 12}} there were connected separate books on individual Virtues, on the Voluntary, etc.{{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 12}} His four books on [[Royal family|Royalty]] he had addressed to [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] ({{lang|grc|στοιχεῖα πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον περὶ βασιλείας δ΄}}).<ref>comp. Plut. ''adv. Colot.''</ref> Besides these he had written treatises ''On the State'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ πολιτείας α΄; πολιτικός α΄}}),{{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 12, 13}} ''On the Power of [[Law]]'' ({{lang|grc|περὶ δυνάμεως νόμου α΄}}),{{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 12}} etc., as well as upon [[Geometry]], [[Arithmetic]], and [[Astrology]].{{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 13, 14}}  Besides philosophical treatises, he wrote poetry ({{transliteration|grc|epē}}) and [[paraenesis]].{{sfn|Laërtius|1925|loc=§ 11}}