Project Gutenberg 1999-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 4602 Plato -428 -348 Πλάτων Jowett, Benjamin 1817 1893 Jowett, William Phaedrus Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger "Phaedrus" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue probably written in the late 4th century BC. The text primarily explores themes of love and rhetoric through a conversation between Socrates and Phaedrus, examining how these two concepts interrelate and what they signify about human nature and communication. The opening of "Phaedrus" introduces Phaedrus, who recounts spending time with Lysias, a famous rhetorician. He prepares to share Lysias's newly composed speech on love, which argues that the non-lover might be preferable to the lover. As they walk to a nearby plane tree to read the speech, Socrates expresses skepticism about the value of the rhetoric, provoking a discussion on the nature of love, the art of speaking, and the distinction between knowledge and mere opinion. This sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the philosophy underlying emotional connections and how they can be articulated. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Classical literature Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800 Love -- Early works to 1800 Rhetoric, Ancient Soul -- Early works to 1800 Lysias B PA Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 267579 267588 2024-09-01T10:30:53.784834 2023-10-01T09:34:40.322537 text/html text/html 261216 2013-01-16T10:06:12 text/html; charset=us-ascii 89388 2013-01-16T10:07:30 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 126377 2024-09-01T10:30:58.867731 application/epub+zip 129244 2024-09-01T10:30:55.101724 application/epub+zip 129245 2024-09-01T10:30:54.278758 application/epub+zip 216833 2024-09-01T10:31:02.054720 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203519 2024-09-01T10:30:58.370769 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203539 2022-09-01T11:52:28.925083 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235404 235380 2024-09-01T10:30:53.384757 2023-10-01T09:34:40.019537 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 235238 2008-10-30T07:52:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86401 2008-10-30T07:53:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20980 2024-09-01T10:31:02.221695 application/rdf+xml 7968 2024-09-01T10:30:54.648734 image/jpeg 2376 2024-09-01T10:30:54.465733 image/jpeg 124057 2024-09-01T10:30:53.811737 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia