Description: Further DetailsTitle: PhaedrusCondition: NewEAN: 9780199554027ISBN: 9780199554027Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/25/2009Item Height: 196mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 10mmLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0199554021Description: 'Some of our greatest blessings come from madnessPhaedrus 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. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsTopic: Language & ReferenceAuthor: PlatoTranslator: Robin WaterfieldContributor: Robin Waterfield (Translated by)Item Weight: 135gRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Phaedrus
Title: Phaedrus
EAN: 9780199554027
ISBN: 9780199554027
Release Date: 06/25/2009
Release Year: 2009
ISBN-10: 0199554021
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Translator: Robin Waterfield
Contributor: Robin Waterfield (Translated by)
Book Title: Phaedrus
Number of Pages: 176 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2009
Topic: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Philosophy
Item Weight: 4.8 Oz
Author: Plato, Robin Waterfield
Item Length: 7.7 in
Item Width: 5 in
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
