Phaedrus

Plato's luminous dialogue on love, beauty, and the written word, staged as a conversation beneath a plane tree by the Ilissus.

At a glance A cornerstone of Western thought about rhetoric, the soul, and what speech can and… On a hot afternoon outside Athens, Socrates and a young companion stroll beyond the city… From that unhurried scene Plato spins one of his most beautiful and searching dialogues. What it's about Phaedrus begins with a speech about love and grows into something far…

Phaedrus begins with a speech about love and grows into something far larger: an inquiry into rhetoric, the nature of the soul, and the value of the written word.