| Phaedrus Contributor(s): Plato (Author), Rowe, Christopher (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0140449744 ISBN-13: 9780140449747 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $10.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: One of Platos most profound and beautiful works, "Phaedrus" takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an amateur rhetorical enthusiast, on the topic of passionate or romantic love. Concerned with establishing principles of rhetoric, it argues that rhetoric is only acceptable as an art when it is firmly based on the truth inspired by love, the common experience of true philosophic activity. It is in this dialogue that Plato employs the famous image of love as the driver of the chariot of souls. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Philosophy | Political - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 184 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.24" W x 7.72" (0.22 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. This new translation is accompanied by an introduction, further reading, and full notes on the text and translation that discuss the structure of the dialogue and elucidate issues that might puzzle the modern reader. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |