Episode 142: Plato’s “Phaedrus” on Love and Speechmaking

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

2

The Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

01:32 • 2min

3

The Role of Rhetoric in Classical Texts

03:10 • 2min

4

The Platoon of Love

04:50 • 2min

5

What Is Better Spoken Language Than Written Language?

06:25 • 2min

6

The Phaedrus: A Symposium on Private Rhetoric

08:03 • 2min

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The Dialogue in the Gorgias

09:34 • 2min

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Rhetoric and the Loved One

11:54 • 2min

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Plato's Dialogue on Rhetoric

14:09 • 1min

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The Importance of Rhetoric

15:38 • 2min

11

The Infinite Inquiry of Socrates

17:39 • 2min

12

The Paradox of Reasoning

19:24 • 2min

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The Myth of Socrates

21:00 • 2min

14

The City Country Contrast

22:41 • 2min

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Socrates' Dialectic and Rhetoric

24:13 • 2min

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The Problem With Rhetoric

25:55 • 2min

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The Importance of Love

27:43 • 2min

18

The Argument of Love

29:25 • 2min

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The Importance of Speaking Style

30:58 • 3min

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Socrates's Definition of Love

33:31 • 2min

21

The Importance of Beauty in Love

35:13 • 2min

22

The Causal Theory of Love

36:44 • 2min

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Socrates' First Speech on Love

38:44 • 3min

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The Importance of Definition in Dialectic Discourse

41:15 • 2min

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The Problem With Socrates's First Speech

43:19 • 2min

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The Dialectic of Socrates

45:20 • 1min

27

The Importance of Virtue in Dialogues

46:50 • 2min

28

The Dialectic of Socrates

49:10 • 2min

29

The Dismissal of Rhetoric and Poetry

51:05 • 2min

30

The Republican and the Gorgias: Plato's Dialogues

52:50 • 2min

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The Art of Persuasion

55:19 • 2min

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The Power of Rhetoric

57:00 • 2min

33

The Golden Compass

58:34 • 2min

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The Immortality of the Lover

01:00:10 • 2min

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Socrates' Second Speech on Divine Madness

01:02:11 • 2min

36

The Importance of Love

01:04:34 • 2min

37

The Power of Beauty

01:06:23 • 2min

38

The Path to Beauty

01:08:37 • 2min

39

The Other World, What the Elements of the Myth Are Here

01:10:32 • 2min

40

The Three Horses of Nature and Growth

01:12:09 • 2min

41

The Problem With Freud's Soul

01:13:52 • 2min

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Plato's Argument for the Mortality of the Soul

01:16:05 • 2min

43

The Immortality of the Soul

01:18:26 • 2min

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The Importance of Metaphors in Philosophy

01:20:10 • 2min

45

The Immortality of the Soul

01:22:05 • 2min

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The Importance of Living Authentically

01:23:57 • 2min

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The Importance of Metaphor in Language

01:25:37 • 2min

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The Importance of Transference in Love

01:27:36 • 2min

49

The Relationship Between the Lovers and the Beloved

01:29:21 • 2min

50

The Lights of Love's Commerce

01:31:04 • 2min

51

The Power of Repulsion

01:33:26 • 2min

52

The Purpose of Life on Earth

01:35:01 • 2min

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The Importance of Discipline in Love

01:36:57 • 2min

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The Importance of Being Properly Loved

01:38:32 • 2min

55

The Mirror of Love

01:40:26 • 2min

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The Best Kind of Love

01:42:45 • 2min

57

The Shadows and the Cave

01:44:23 • 2min

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The Friendship of the Non-Lover

01:46:03 • 2min

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The Rhetoric of Love

01:47:36 • 2min

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The Myth of the Invention of Writing

01:49:30 • 2min

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Oral Dialectic and Oral Rhetoric

01:51:48 • 4min

62

The Importance of Conversation in Philosophy

01:56:17 • 3min

63

The Passivity of Socrates in the Platonic Dialogues

01:58:50 • 2min

64

The Dialectic Dialogue

02:00:31 • 2min

65

The Dialectic and the Encyclopedia

02:02:52 • 2min

66

The Aha Moments

02:04:30 • 5min