Phaedrus Phun: Reading Plato Through Nietzsche, Foucault, Deleuze, and Derrida (with Taylor Adkins)
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Madness, Memory, and the Outside
The speakers delve into Plato's writings to examine the concept of madness and its various interpretations, from Socrates' negative view to Nietzsche's valorization of divine-inspired madness. They also explore the relationship between memory and the outside, and discuss Derrida's essay on Plato's pharmacy. The chapter concludes with an analysis of the fear of nature and writing as paranoid objects in Socrates' dialogue.
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