Phaedrus (dialogue)

High school (ages 12+)
Philosophy & Big Questions

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1. Who wrote Phaedrus (dialogue)?Plato
2. What is the approximate date of composition?370 BC
3. What is the key philosophical figures?Socrates and Phaedrus
4. What is the Phaedrus about?The Phaedrus is a dialogue where Socrates and Phaedrus talk about love, how we speak, and what makes up our soul.
5. Who are the main characters in the Phaedrus?The main people are Socrates, the wise teacher, and Phaedrus, his friend, and they also discuss a speech by a man named Lysias.

Eros: A concept of passionate love or desire, often seen as a divine madness that can lead to philosophical insight.
Rhetoric: The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, critically examined for its ethical implications and relationship to truth.
Tripartite Soul: Plato's division of the soul into three parts: reason, spirit, and appetite.
Anamnesis: The Platonic concept of remembering knowledge that the soul possessed before its incarnation in a physical body.