Socrates' 'Great Speech' from Plato's 'Phaedrus' (370 B.C.E.)

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One of Plato's most lyrical and breathtaking images - the immortal soul as charioteer with winged horses, love as 'divine madness' and the role of Beauty in allowing the lover to reach the Forms - highest truth… the speech begins at 244a...

Transcript of Socrates' 'Great Speech' from Plato's 'Phaedrus' (370 B.C.E.)