Phaedrus
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The Phaedrus is a dialogue by Plato, a philosopher of ancient Greece. It is considered one of his middle dialogues, characterized by literary artistry and the exploration of human issues alongside Plato's metaphysical ideas.1
In the Phaedrus, Socrates discusses the nature of love and rhetoric. The dialogue features a famous myth about the soul, which is depicted as a charioteer with two horses: one noble and one base. This myth illustrates the soul's journey and its connection to the realm of forms, which are Plato's concept of perfect, eternal ideas. The dialogue also touches on the power of writing and its limitations compared to spoken discourse.1
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PlatoDialecticThe Phaedrus calls the dialectician the person who can specify these relations—and thereby “carve reality at the joints.” Continuity among all the kinds of dialectic in Plato comes from the fact that the genus-species divisions of the late works are a way of providing the accounts…
Read MoreThe Phaedrus calls the dialectician the person who can specify these relations—and thereby “carve reality at the joints.” Continuity among all the kinds of dialectic in Plato comes from the fact that the genus-species divisions of the late works are a way of providing the accounts…
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…the Phaedo and in the Phaedrus.) The dialogue is also famous as an early discussion of the distinction between knowledge and true belief.
Read More…the Phaedo and in the Phaedrus.) The dialogue is also famous as an early discussion of the distinction between knowledge and true belief.
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The first half of the Phaedrus consists of competitive speeches of seduction. Socrates repents of his first attempt and gives a treatment of love as the impulse to philosophy: Platonic love, as in the Symposium, is eros, here graphically described. The soul is portrayed as made of a white horse…
Read MoreThe first half of the Phaedrus consists of competitive speeches of seduction. Socrates repents of his first attempt and gives a treatment of love as the impulse to philosophy: Platonic love, as in the Symposium, is eros, here graphically described. The soul is portrayed as made of a white horse…
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The Phaedrus already combined the new apparatus with a compelling treatment of love; the title topics of the Sophist and the Statesman, to be treated by genus-species division, are important roles in the Greek city; and the Philebus is a consideration of the competing claims of…
Read MoreThe Phaedrus already combined the new apparatus with a compelling treatment of love; the title topics of the Sophist and the Statesman, to be treated by genus-species division, are important roles in the Greek city; and the Philebus is a consideration of the competing claims of…
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