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"description": "LibriVox recording of Phaedrus, by Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett. Read by Martin Geeson.

\u201cFor there is no light of justice or temperance, or any of the higher ideas which are precious to souls, in the earthly copies of them: they are seen through a glass, dimly\u2026\u201d

Socrates and his earnest friend Phaedrus, enjoying the Athenian equivalent of a lunchtime stroll in the park, exchange views on love and on the power of words, spoken and written.

Phaedrus is the most enchanting of Plato\u2019s Erotic dialogues (capitalised in honour of the god). The barefoot philosopher urges an eager young acquaintance \u2013 who has allowed his lover\u2019s oratorical skills to impress him overmuch \u2013 to re-examine the text of Lysias\u2019s speech in the light of his own exalted (and Platonic) vision of Love.

Not long ago this early example of literary dismantling was itself deconstructed by a contemporary sage - Jacques Derrida.

The present reader tries to present Socrates as he conceivably was: the chortling, pot-bellied ex-soldier, a flirtatious yet charismatic talker with a serious passion for Truth. (Introduction by Martin Geeson)

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