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Phaedrus

Phaedrus

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Number of Chapters: 14

Length: 3 hours and 33 minutes

Language: English

“For there is no light of justice or temperance, or any of the higher ideas which are precious to souls, in the earthly copies of them: they are seen through a glass, dimly…”

Socrates and his earnest friend Phaedrus, enjoying the Athenian equivalent of a lunchtime stroll in the park, exchange views on love and on the power of words, spoken and written.

Phaedrus is the most enchanting of Plato’s Erotic dialogues (capitalised in honour of the god). The barefoot philosopher urges an eager young acquaintance – who has allowed his lover’s oratorical skills to impress him overmuch – to re-examine the text of Lysias’s speech in the light of his own exalted (and Platonic) vision of Love.

Not long ago this early example of literary dismantling was itself deconstructed by a contemporary sage - Jacques Derrida.

The present reader tries to present Socrates as he conceivably was: the chortling, pot-bellied ex-soldier, a flirtatious yet charismatic talker with a serious passion for Truth. (Introduction by Martin Geeson)

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01 - "My dear Phaedrus, whence come you..." (Martin Geeson)
02 - "What an incomprehensible being you are..." (Martin Geeson)
03 - "Now, Socrates, what do you think?" (Martin Geeson)
04 - "And now, dear Phaedrus, I shall pause..." (Martin Geeson)
05 - "Your love of discourse, Phaedrus, is superhuman..." (Martin Geeson)
06 - "I might tell of many other noble deeds..." (Martin Geeson)
07 - "Thus far I have been speaking..." (Martin Geeson)
08 - "And so the beloved, who, like a god..." (Martin Geeson)
09 - "Shall we discuss the rules of writing...?" (Martin Geeson)
10 - "Suppose that you read me the first words..." (Martin Geeson)
11 - "Leave the unimportant..." (Martin Geeson)
12 - "Oratory is the art of enchanting the soul..." (Martin Geeson)
13 - "Enough appears to have been said..." (Martin Geeson)
14 - "And now, Phaedrus, having agreed..." (Martin Geeson)
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