Plato's Phaedrus
by Nicholson, GraemeFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-03-01
Publisher(s): Purdue Univ Pr
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Summary
The Pbaedrus lies at the heart of Plato's work, and the topics it discusses are central to his thought. In its treatment of the topics of the soul, the ideas and love, it is closely tied to the other dialogues of Plato's "middle period," the Pbaedo, the Symposium, and the Republic.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Voices of Philosophy | p. 13 |
| Myth | p. 15 |
| Rhetoric | p. 35 |
| Dialectic | p. 56 |
| Writing | p. 75 |
| Socrates' Great Speech: Phaedrus 241d-257b | p. 89 |
| The Philosophy of Love | p. 107 |
| Two Speeches against Love: Phaedrus 230e-234c, 237b-241d | p. 109 |
| The Gods: Phaedrus 241d-244a | p. 125 |
| The Human Soul: Phaedrus 244a-250c | p. 147 |
| Truth: Phaedrus 247c-250c | p. 174 |
| Love and Beauty: Phaedrus 250b-257b | p. 196 |
| Politics: Phaedrus 257c-262c | p. 213 |
| Bibliography | p. 223 |
| Index | p. 229 |
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