Episode 142: Plato’s “Phaedrus” on Love and Speechmaking
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Rhetoric of Love
"This is a pretty good place to get close to wrapping up. I think there's a lot more of the dialogue left about rhetoric, but we've been pretty good about touching on the points relevant to rhetoric," he says. "If they don't have a definition of rhetoric ... then it's not an art at all." The episode concludes with Lyceus' speech in which he compares lovers and non-lover.
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