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The Resource Phaedrus, Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Waterfield

Phaedrus, Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Waterfield

Label
Phaedrus
Title
Phaedrus
Statement of responsibility
Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Waterfield
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • grc
  • eng
Summary
"Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially homoerotic love. Socrates reveals it to be a kind of divine madness that can allow our souls to grow wings and soar to their greatest heights. Then the conversation changes direction and turns to a discussion of rhetoric, which must be based on truth passionately sought, thus allying it to philosophy. The dialogue closes by denigrating the value of the written word in any context, compared to the living teaching of a Socratic philosopher." "The shifts of topic and register have given rise to doubts about the unity of the dialogue, doubts which are addressed in the introduction to this volume. Full explanatory notes also elucidate issues throughout the dialogue that might puzzle a modern reader."--Jacket
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Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Plato
Dewey number
184
Index
no index present
Language note
Translated from the Ancient Greek
LC call number
B380.A5
LC item number
W38 2002
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1952-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Waterfield, Robin
Series statement
Oxford world's classics
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Love
  • Rhetoric
  • Love
  • Rhetoric
Label
Phaedrus, Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Waterfield
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (li-lviii)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm50002450
Dimensions
20 cm.
Extent
lviii, 111 pages
Isbn
9780199554027
Lccn
2002075450
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
Phaedrus, Plato ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Waterfield
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (li-lviii)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm50002450
Dimensions
20 cm.
Extent
lviii, 111 pages
Isbn
9780199554027
Lccn
2002075450
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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