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
In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates explains his criticisms of writing.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2020
In The Phaedrus, Socrates warned that writing on wax tablets would make people forgetful.
From The Guardian • May 3, 2018
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
They talked as they wandered idly on and Phaedrus asked, “Is not the place somewhere near here where Boreas is said to have carried off Orithyia from the banks of the Ilissus?”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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