false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174089902m/360882.jpg 360882 25 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. <P>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. <P>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. 1993590 book 1972 Phaedrus total:468|5:142|4:143|3:138|2:38|1:7| 468 1779 635 29 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1973 Wed Dec 10 19:36:51 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 19:52:48 -0800 2008 Ten more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 11 18:26:09 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 18:43:54 -0700 2007 4 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 13:26:38 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 13:34:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 17:43:15 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 17:45:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 29 15:03:19 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 15:14:22 -0700 2009
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