Plato's Phaedrus: The Philosophy of LovePurdue University Press, 1999 - 231 pagina's The Phaedrus lies at the heart of Plato's work, and the topics it discusses are central to his thought. In its treatment of the topics of the soul, the ideas and love, it is closely tied to the other dialogues of Plato's "middle period," the Phaedo, the Symposium, and the Republic. |
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Pagina 24 - ... wisdom, and for the rest of time men will call them sacred heroes. As the soul is immortal, has been born often and has seen all things here and in the underworld, there is nothing which it has not learned; so it is in no way surprising that it can recollect the things it knew before, both about virtue and other things. As the whole of nature is akin, and the soul has learned everything, nothing prevents a man, after recalling one thing only— a process men call learning— discovering everything...
Pagina 2 - ... that reign of injustice. Not long afterwards the rule of the Thirty was overthrown and with it the entire constitution; and once more I felt the desire, though this time less strongly, to take part in the public affairs of the city. Many disgraceful things occurred, of course, during those unsettled days, and it is not surprising that, under cover of the revolution, too many old enmities were avenged. But in general those who then came into power showed great clemency.
Pagina 2 - Besides this, our laws and institutions were steadily degenerating, so much so that, whereas at first I had been full of zeal for public life, when I looked closely and saw how unstable everything was, I became at last completely bewildered; and though I did not cease to reflect upon some way of bringing about an improvement in the laws and customs and even in the whole constitution, yet I refrained from action, waiting for the proper time. At last...
Pagina 24 - ... which they call dying. at times it is reborn. but it is never destroyed. and one must therefore live one's life as piously as possible: Persephone will return to the sun above in the ninth year the souls of those from whom she will exact punishment for old miseries. and from these come noble kings. mighty in strength and greatest in wisdom. and for the rest of time men will call them sacred heroes.
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