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Xenophon’s Oikonomikos (“The Art of Household Management”)

A Socratic dialogue on how to arrange one’s private life

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Is it obvious that this is the root of “economy”?

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To me and you it is, I think 😂

Many other translators have this as “Economicus” — but I think people don’t see the household part

I support "Oikonomikos". Using "Economicus" makes it look as if the word existed and had the same meaning, and does not allow the reader to understand where "economy" comes from.

For anyone not familiar with what we talk about:
Οικονομία = οίκος + νομή ~= house + division/distribution/control/governance

One could say that the literate translation could be "household".