2007-01-08 18:24:52 · 4 answers · asked by NuRz 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It was said, because she was UGLY.
Up to the point, when socrates was asked... why did he marry with Xantippe he answered. "If I can stand with the ugliness of this creature, then I can stand everything"......
2007-01-08 18:33:05 · answer #1 · answered by UncleGeorge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not that she was ugly, she was quarreling with socrates always so much so for Shakespeare to quote as.."In Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio compares Katherina "As Socrates' Xanthippe or a worse" in Act 1 Scene 2".
Xanthippe (Gr. Ξανθίππη) was the wife of Socrates. There are far more stories about her than there are facts. She is believed to have been much younger than the philosopher, perhaps by as much as forty years. She was famed for her sharp tongue and is said to have been the only person to ever have beaten Socrates in a discussion. After one particular quarrel, she was supposed to have emptied a chamber pot on Socrates's head, causing him to remark, "After thunder there generally falls rain."
VR
2007-01-08 18:33:47 · answer #2 · answered by sarayu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the man himself said it best.
By all means do marry. If you have a good wife you will be happy. If you have a bad one you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates
2007-01-08 19:07:35 · answer #3 · answered by peter gunn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because she was ugly.
2007-01-08 18:33:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋