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Phaedrus

By C. J , Plato.;Rowe

Book information

Publisher
Inc., Penguin Group USA
ISBN
9781101488782, 9780141925523, 0141925523, 1101488786
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1817447 bytes)
Series
Penguin classics
Pages
xxxvi, 90 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Ancient;Electronic booksClassical texts;Western Philosophy: AncientTo C 500;Rhetoric

Description

One of Plato's most profound and beautiful works, Phaedrus takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an amateur rhetorical enthusiast, on the topic of passionate or romantic love. Concerned with establishing principles of rhetoric, it argues that rhetoric is only acceptable as an art when it is firmly based on the truth inspired by love, the common experience of true philosophic activity. It is in this dialogue that Plato employs the famous image of love as the driver of the chariot of souls.

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