Listening to the Cicadas: A Study of Plato's Phaedrus
- ISBN-10
- 0521409322
- ISBN-13
- 9780521409322
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990-11-30
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- G. R. F. Ferrari, Giovanni R. F. Ferrari
Description
How myth and formal argument in the dialogue, Phaedrus, complement and reinforce each other, is the focus of an account written for students of the history of literary theory or rhetoric as well as Plato's thought.
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