Phaedrus

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Platonic dialogue philosophical dialogue

Phaedrus is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that explores themes of love, rhetoric, and the soul through a conversation between Socrates and the young Athenian Phaedrus.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Phaedrus canonical 25
I. Phaedrus; Pausanias 1
Phaedrus (Plato) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic dialogue ⓘ
philosophical dialogue ⓘ
approximateDateOfComposition 4th century BCE ⓘ
author Plato ⓘ
centralQuestion what is the nature of love ⓘ
what is the nature of the soul ⓘ
what is true rhetoric ⓘ
containsMyth charioteer myth of the soul ⓘ
myth of Theuth and Thamus ⓘ
myth of the cicadas ⓘ
containsSection critique of writing ⓘ
discussion of rhetoric ⓘ
speeches on love ⓘ
criticizes sophistic rhetoric ⓘ
writing as inferior to speech ⓘ
dialogueForm Socratic dialogue ⓘ
dialogueNumberingSystem Stephanus pagination ⓘ
discussesConcept dialectic ⓘ
forms ⓘ
immortality of the soul ⓘ
philosophical love ⓘ
recollection ⓘ
true rhetoric ⓘ
featuresCharacter Phaedrus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Phaedrus (character)

Socrates ⓘ
hasForm dramatic dialogue ⓘ
hasGenre philosophical literature ⓘ
influenced Christian philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
later rhetorical theory ⓘ
modern literary theory ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme divine madness ⓘ
eros ⓘ
love ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
the soul ⓘ
writing and speech ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Platonism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Gorgias ⓘ
Republic ⓘ
Συμπόσιον ⓘ
surface form: Symposium
settingLocation near the Ilissus River ⓘ
outside the walls of Athens ⓘ
structure two-part composition ⓘ
traditionallyClassifiedAs middle dialogue of Plato ⓘ

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Plato → notableWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
Plato's Symposium → featuresCharacter → Phaedrus ⓘ
Plato's Symposium → relatedWorkByAuthor → Phaedrus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's Phaedrus
Plato's Symposium → includesSpeechBy → Phaedrus ⓘ
Ion → relatedWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
subject surface form: Ion (dialogue)
Hippias Major → relatedWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
Phaedrus → featuresCharacter → Phaedrus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaedrus (character)
Serenade after Plato's Symposium → hasMovement → Phaedrus ⓘ
this entity surface form: I. Phaedrus; Pausanias
Serenade after Plato's Symposium → hasCharacterReference → Phaedrus ⓘ
Middle dialogues of Plato → hasPart → Phaedrus ⓘ
Socratic dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
Συμπόσιον → featuresCharacter → Phaedrus ⓘ
Συμπόσιον → relatedWorkByAuthor → Phaedrus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Φαῖδρος (Phaedrus)
Pausanias → associatedWith → Phaedrus ⓘ
the Form of Beauty → discussedIn → Phaedrus ⓘ
subject surface form: Form of Beauty
Gorgias → mentionedIn → Phaedrus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plato's dialogue Phaedrus
Agathon → dialoguePartner → Phaedrus ⓘ
Eryximachus → relatedWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaedrus (as another Platonic dialogue on love)
Eryximachus → dialogueCompanions → Phaedrus ⓘ
Aristodemus → reportsSpeechesOf → Phaedrus ⓘ
Jean de La Fontaine → inspiredBy → Phaedrus ⓘ
Platonic corpus → containsWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
Thrasyllan tetralogies → includesWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
Lysis → relatedWorkByAuthor → Phaedrus ⓘ
house of Agathon in Athens → hostedCharacter → Phaedrus ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Agathon in Athens
house of Agathon in Athens → relatedWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Agathon in Athens
Ficino's Latin translation of Plato → includesDialogue → Phaedrus ⓘ
writings of Plato → containsWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
Menexenus (Plato) → relatedWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
subject surface form: Menexenus
Symposium (Plato) → featuresCharacter → Phaedrus ⓘ
Symposium (Plato) → containsSpeechBy → Phaedrus ⓘ
Symposium (Plato) → relatedWork → Phaedrus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Phaedrus (Plato)