Plato's "Phaedrus"
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Plato's "Phaedrus" is a philosophical dialogue that explores the nature of love, rhetoric, the soul, and self-knowledge through a conversation between Socrates and Phaedrus.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phaedrus (dialogue) | 1 |
| Plato's "Phaedrus" canonical | 1 |
| Plato's Phaedrus | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| addressesRelation |
lover and beloved
ⓘ
philosophy and rhetoric ⓘ soul and body ⓘ |
| author | Plato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major dialogue of Plato ⓘ |
| containsMyth |
charioteer myth of the soul
ⓘ
myth of the cicadas ⓘ |
| criticizes | sophistic rhetoric ⓘ |
| criticizesPractice | writing as inferior to living speech ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| dialoguePartnerOfSocrates | Phaedrus (Athenian aristocrat) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
divine madness
ⓘ
reincarnation of the soul ⓘ tripartite soul ⓘ |
| discussesMethod |
collection and division (diairesis)
ⓘ
dialectic ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Phaedrus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Socrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPartTopic | erotic love and speeches on love ⓘ |
| genre | philosophy ⓘ |
| includesSpeechBy |
Lysias (reported speech)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Socrates (first speech on love) NERFINISHED ⓘ Socrates (palinode on love) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian Platonism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient rhetoric theory ⓘ modern philosophy of language ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic dialogue ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
love
ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ the soul ⓘ |
| partOfCorpus | Platonic corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
critique of writing
ⓘ
dialectic as true rhetoric ⓘ relationship between speech and truth ⓘ |
| philosophicalPeriod | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| praises | philosophical rhetoric ⓘ |
| secondPartTopic | rhetoric and the art of speaking ⓘ |
| settingFeature | Ilissus River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | outside the walls of Athens ⓘ |
| settingTimeOfDay | midday ⓘ |
| structure | two-part composition ⓘ |
| survivesAs | complete text in manuscript tradition ⓘ |
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Plato's Phaedrus
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Phaedrus (dialogue)