TY - BOOK AU - Plato AU - Jowett,Benjamin TI - Phaedrus AV - BPA PY - 1999/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Classical literature KW - Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC KW - Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800 KW - Love -- Early works to 1800 KW - Rhetoric, Ancient KW - Soul -- Early works to 1800 KW - Lysias N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedrus_(dialogue); Release date is 1999-02-01; Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger; Original publication data not identified N2 - "Phaedrus" by Plato is a dialogue written around 370 BC. Socrates encounters the young Phaedrus outside Athens, who has just heard a speech about love. What begins as a countryside stroll becomes an intricate philosophical exploration of love, rhetoric, and the human soul. Through three competing speeches, Socrates and Phaedrus debate whether it's better to favor a lover or a non-lover, ultimately revealing deeper questions about divine madness, the soul's nature, and the proper practice of persuasive speech. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1636 ER -