Synopsis: Who Is Phaedrus? This book delivers answers. Many have
said Phaedrus is the most intriguing of Plato's works. Phaedrus is
certainly one of the most difficult to follow and fathom. In part
this is because the title figure, Phaedrus himself, has remained a
mystery. Who Is Phaedrus? takes us on a tour of this intricate
dialogue: a work of philosophy and history, and a work of art. In
Who Is Phaedrus? we see how and why Phaedrus became involved in the
most sensational scandals, both religious and political, in ancient
Athens; and yet we see Phaedrus come across as a person remarkably
contemporary, someone who could walk through a time seam and be
wholly understandable as a soul in the twenty-first century.
Perplexed as well as perplexing, Phaedrus, in the final analysis,
needs Socrates' timeless philosophy as a salve and therapy, and we
follow along as Socrates delivers. Endorsements: "This book
carefully attends to the many different historical, dialogical, and
philosophical issues at play in and around Plato's Phaedrus in
order to better understand its dyadic and triadic structures. . . .
This book will likely be of interest to anyone engaged in serious
study of this wonderful and complex Platonic text." --S. Montgomery
Ewegen, Stonehill College "Just when one thinks nothing more can be
added to the rich literature on Plato's Phaedrus, along comes this
book by Marshell Bradley. This is an exceptionally thorough and
brilliant analysis of the historical and philosophical figure
Phaedrus. Meticulous historical research and textual analyses,
combined with an extremely rich depiction of the Greek political
context, all work to give us an original, new reading of a familiar
Platonic figure." --Peg Birmingham, DePaul University "Many
scholars have remarked on the dyadic structure of Plato's Phaedrus.
Drawing on a great wealth of extra-textual sources to illuminate
subtle details in the dialogue, Marshall cleverly argues that the
dual form, which requires simplification, is not just a structure,
but a central theme." --D. C. Schindler, Villanova University
Author Biography: Marshell Carl Bradley has a PhD in Philosophy
from Duquesne University and studied classical Greek at the
University of Texas, Austin. He is former Associate Lecturer of
Philosophy at the Technische Universitat, Braunschweig, and
Associate Professor of Philosophy at Sam Houston State University.
He is currently Lecturer in Humanities/Philosophy at Blinn College.
He is the author of Matthew: Poet, Historian, Dialectician; The
Brothers Booth; and numerous articles.
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