Plato’s Phaedrus is a dialogue between Socrates and the young Phaedrus, set beside the river Ilissus outside Athens, which explores the nature of love, the soul, and the art of rhetoric. It contains Socrates’s celebrated myth of the soul as a charioteer driving two horses — one noble and one unruly — and his account of how the sight of beauty can awaken the soul’s memory of divine Forms.
One of Plato’s most poetic and philosophically rich dialogues, the Phaedrus is essential reading for students of philosophy, rhetoric, and ancient conceptions of love. Download this free EPUB from Better Gutenberg today.