Featuring some of Plato's most soaringly lyrical passages, the <strong>Phaedrus</strong> investigates the soul's erotic longing and its relationship to the whol... » 

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. An interpretive essay outlines links between this and Gorgias. «