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Socrates: Phaedrus, I am a friend of division and synthesis as ways of promoting speech and thought. So, if I encounter someone who is able lead the way in discerning such natural unity and diversity, I follow in that person s footsteps as I would a god. Only the gods know whether I give such people the right name or not, but I call them dialecticians. Plato s dialogues frequently treat several topics and show their connection to each other. The Phaedrus is a model of that skill because of its seamless progression from examples of speeches about the nature of love to mythical visions of human nature and destiny to the essence of beauty and, finally, to a penetrating discussion of speaking and writing. It ends with an examination of the love of wisdom as a dialectical activity in the human mind. Phaedrus lures Socrates outside the walls of Athens, where he seldom goes, by promising to share a new work by his friend and mentor Lysias, a famous writer of speeches. This dialogue provides a powerful example of the dialectical writing that Plato uses to manifest ideas that are essential to human existence and to living a good life. The Phaedrus shows how oral and written forms of language relate to each other and to philosophy. It simultaneously embodies the entire process in some of the greatest poetry ever written.
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Translation in English with introduction, notes, glossary, appendices, interpretive essay and introduction. The text includes new insights into the nature of Greek love, including rarely seen illustrations (stone carving and vase painting).
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Stephen Scully is an Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Boston University. He is the author of Homer and the Sacred City, as well as numerous essays and articles on Homer, Attic Tragedy, and Virgil.
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- PublisherAgora Publications, Inc.
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1887250549
- ISBN 13 9781887250542
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages89
- EditorAlbert A. Anderson
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