Phaedrus

[ fee-druhs, fed-ruhs ]

/ ˈfi drəs, ˈfɛd rəs /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Phaedrus

phacolite, Phaeacia, Phaeacian, Phaedo, Phaedra, Phaedrus, phaeic, Phaënna, Phaestus, Phaëthon, phaeton

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How to use Phaedrus in a sentence

But Plato has not the same mastery over his instrument which he exhibits in the Phaedrus or Symposium.
Timaeus|Plato
In four lines, Phaedrus has summed up all the forms of property.
What is Property?|P. J. Proudhon
Crito will not believe that Socrates has not improved or perhaps invented the answers of Cleinias (compare Phaedrus).
Euthydemus|Plato
Also here, as in the Ion and Phaedrus, Plato appears to acknowledge an unreasoning element in the higher nature of man.
Meno|Plato

In the Phaedrus, as well as in the Meno, it is this former rather than a future life on which Plato is disposed to dwell.
Meno|Plato

British Dictionary definitions for Phaedrus

Phaedrus

/ (ˈfiːdrəs) /

noun

?15 bc –?50 ad, Roman author of five books of Latin verse fables, based chiefly on Aesop

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