Phaedrus
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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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| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue
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philosophical dialogue → |
| approximateDateOfComposition |
4th century BCE
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| author |
Plato
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| centralQuestion |
what is the nature of love
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what is the nature of the soul → what is true rhetoric → |
| containsMyth |
charioteer myth of the soul
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myth of Theuth and Thamus → myth of the cicadas → |
| containsSection |
critique of writing
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discussion of rhetoric → speeches on love → |
| criticizes |
sophistic rhetoric
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writing as inferior to speech → |
| dialogueForm |
Socratic dialogue
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| dialogueNumberingSystem |
Stephanus pagination
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| discussesConcept |
dialectic
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forms → immortality of the soul → philosophical love → recollection → true rhetoric → |
| featuresCharacter |
Phaedrus (character)
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Socrates → |
| hasForm |
dramatic dialogue
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| hasGenre |
philosophical literature
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| influenced |
Christian philosophy
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Neoplatonism → later rhetorical theory → modern literary theory → |
| language |
Ancient Greek
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| mainTheme |
divine madness
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eros → love → philosophy → rhetoric → the soul → writing and speech → |
| philosophicalSchool |
Platonism
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| philosophicalTradition |
Ancient Greek philosophy
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Gorgias
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Republic → Symposium → |
| settingLocation |
near the Ilissus River
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outside the walls of Athens → |
| structure |
two-part composition
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| traditionallyClassifiedAs |
middle dialogue of Plato
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Referenced by (20)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Phaedrus
("Phaedrus (character)")
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Plato's Symposium → Συμπόσιον → |
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Eryximachus
("Phaedrus (as another Platonic dialogue on love)")
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Hippias Major → Ion (dialogue) → |
relatedWork |
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Plato's Symposium
("Plato's Phaedrus")
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Συμπόσιον ("Φαῖδρος (Phaedrus)") → |
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Pausanias
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Eryximachus
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dialogueCompanions |
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Agathon
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dialoguePartner |
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Form of Beauty
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discussedIn |
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Serenade after Plato's Symposium
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hasCharacterReference |
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Serenade after Plato's Symposium
("I. Phaedrus; Pausanias")
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hasMovement |
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Middle dialogues of Plato
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hasPart |
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Plato's Symposium
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includesSpeechBy |
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Socratic dialogues of Plato
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includesWork |
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Gorgias
("Plato's dialogue Phaedrus")
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mentionedIn |
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Plato
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notableWork |
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Aristodemus
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reportsSpeechesOf |