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Phaedrus (Paperback, New edition)
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Phaedrus (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Agora Editions
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With a masterful sense of the place of rhetoric in both thought and
practice and an ear attuned to the clarity, natural simplicity, and
charm of Plato's Greek prose, James H. Nichols, Jr., offers a
precise yet unusually readable translation of one of the great
Platonic dialogues on rhetoric. 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
inquiring into the nature of rhetoric and the problem of
writing.Nichols's attention to dramatic detail brings this dialogue
to life. Plato's striking variety in conversational address (names
and various terms of relative warmth and coolness) is carefully
reproduced, as is alteration in tone and implication even in the
short responses. The translation renders references to the gods
accurately and non-monotheistically for the first time, and
includes a fascinating variety of oaths and invocations. Nichols
believes that Plato's thought on rhetoric has been largely
misunderstood, and he uses his translation as an opportunity to
reconstruct the classical position on right relations between
thought and public activity.
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