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Phaedrus

by Plato

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Read by Martin Geeson · 3 h 33 min · 14 parts

  1. 01 - "My dear Phaedrus, whence come you..."

    13:29

  2. 02 - "What an incomprehensible being you are..."

    14:55

  3. 03 - "Now, Socrates, what do you think?"

    16:15

  4. 04 - "And now, dear Phaedrus, I shall pause..."

    15:36

  5. 05 - "Your love of discourse, Phaedrus, is superhuman..."

    13:34

  6. 06 - "I might tell of many other noble deeds..."

    19:18

  7. 07 - "Thus far I have been speaking..."

    23:06

  8. 08 - "And so the beloved, who, like a god..."

    19:14

  9. 09 - "Shall we discuss the rules of writing...?"

    12:09

  10. 10 - "Suppose that you read me the first words..."

    18:36

  11. 11 - "Leave the unimportant..."

    13:38

  12. 12 - "Oratory is the art of enchanting the soul..."

    10:55

  13. 13 - "Enough appears to have been said..."

    11:49

  14. 14 - "And now, Phaedrus, having agreed..."

    10:57

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Walking beyond the walls of Athens on a summer afternoon, Socrates falls into conversation with the young Phaedrus, who is fresh from hearing a clever speech arguing that it is better to give your affection to someone who does not love you. What follows is one of Plato's richest dialogues, moving from three competing speeches on love to a searching inquiry into the soul, memory, and the true art of persuasion. Here Plato offers his famous image of the soul as a charioteer driving two winged horses, and closes with a pointed warning about the limits of the written word. A cornerstone of Western thought on rhetoric and desire.

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Plato

Plato (c. 428-348 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, and founder of the Academy in Athens. His dialogues are among the most influential works in the history of thought.

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Book facts

Author
Plato
First published
-370
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
99
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Martin Geeson