Phaedrus

[fee-druhs, fed-ruhs]

noun

1. flourished a.d. c40, Roman writer of fables.

Phaedrus

/ ˈfiːdrəs /

noun

1. ?15 _bc –?50 _ad , Roman author of five books of Latin verse fables, based chiefly on Aesop

Example Sentences

In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates explains his criticisms of writing.

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In Plato’s “Phaedrus,” Socrates extols divinely inspired madness in mystics, lovers, poets and prophets; he describes these disturbances as gifts of the gods, rather than maladies.

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As in Proust and the Squid, Wolf refers back to a famous story from Phaedrus, in which Socrates cautioned against literacy, arguing that knowledge is not fixed but the product of a dialogue between the speaker and listener—that the great weakness of a text is that you can’t ask it questions and make it justify its conclusions.

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In The Phaedrus, Socrates warned that writing on wax tablets would make people forgetful.

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The Madness of Love Mixtape Chicago-based performance artists the Q Brothers reimagine Plato's "Phaedrus," the ancient Greek philosopher's dialogue on romance, rhetoric, etc.

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