Phaedrus
Americannoun
noun
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In the Phaedrus, one of Plato’s dialogues, Socrates criticizes written works as being a dead discourse of sorts.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
A fifth traveler was sensed but unseen: Phaedrus, Pirsig’s alter ego, brilliant, uncompromising and obsessed with the search for truth.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2017
The Symposium, Plato Plato frames the Symposium as a series of speeches about love delivered by ancient Athenian luminaries — Phaedrus, Aristophanes, Socrates and others.
From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2016
In the Phaedrus, Plato has Socrates explain how a subject can be isolated then divided into smaller chunks and analyzed until it becomes understandable.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2015
Once Socrates, the great Athenian teacher, who lived hundreds of years, thousands, perhaps, after the mythological stories were first told, went on a walk with a young man he was fond of named Phaedrus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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