Phaedrus (Classic, 60s) - Softcover

Plato

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0146001796 ISBN 13: 9780146001796

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1996

Synopsis

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. New edition with a new translation Includes an introduction, a chronology, suggestions for further reading, and notes on the text and translation that discuss the structure of the dialogue

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Plato (c.427-347 BC) stands with Socrates and Aristotle as one of the shapers of the whole intellectual tradition of the West. He founded the Academy in Athens, the first permanent institution devoted to philosophical research and teaching, and theprototype of all Western universities. Plato wrote over twenty philosophical dialogues, appearing in none himself. (Most have Socrates as chief speaker.)

Christopher Rowe is a Professor of Greek in the University of Durham, and from 1999-2004 held a Leverhulme Personal Research Professorship. His books include Plato, The Cambridge History of Grek and Roman Thought, and New Perspectives on Plato, Modern and Ancient. He has also translated, and/or written commentaries on Plato's Phaedro, Statesman, and Symposium. His present project is a comprehensive treatment of Plato's strategies as a writer of philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0146001796
• ISBN 13: 9780146001796
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96