Phaedrus
PlatoContains the most beautiful description of falling in love in any philosophical text, and the most prescient attack on writing — made 2,400 years before the internet made that critique urgent.
Why It's Lindy
Contains the most beautiful description of falling in love in any philosophical text, and the most prescient attack on writing — made 2,400 years before the internet made that critique urgent. The irony that we know it only because Plato wrote it down is fully intentional. Every philosophy of communication, from McLuhan to Carr, starts here.
About This Volume
A dialogue between Socrates and the young Phaedrus on love, beauty, the soul, and rhetoric — containing Plato's most penetrating early critique of writing as a medium that weakens memory and prevents genuine understanding.
Frequently Asked
Why should I read Phaedrus?
Contains the most beautiful description of falling in love in any philosophical text, and the most prescient attack on writing — made 2,400 years before the internet made that critique urgent. The irony that we know it only because Plato wrote it down is fully intentional. Every philosophy of communication, from McLuhan to Carr, starts here.
What is Phaedrus about?
A dialogue between Socrates and the young Phaedrus on love, beauty, the soul, and rhetoric — containing Plato's most penetrating early critique of writing as a medium that weakens memory and prevents genuine understanding.
