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Featuring some of Plato's most soaringly lyrical passages, the "Phaedrus" investigates the soul's erotic longing and its relationship to the whole cosmos, as well as enquiring into the nature of rhetoric and the problem of writing. A general introduction on rhetoric from the Greeks to the present shows the problematic relation of rhetoric to philosophy and politics, states the themes that unite "Phaedrus" and "Gorgias" and outlines interpretiv...

A translation of Plato's classic text on rhetoric. The "Gorgias" presents an intransigent argument that justice is superior to injustice - to the extent that suffering an injustice is preferable to committing an unjust act - and also includes discussions of major political themes. A general introduction on rhetoric from the Greeks to the present shows the problematic relation of rhetoric to philosophy and politics, states the themes that unite...