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Phaedrus

Plato; trans. Benjamin Jowett

Read by Martin Geeson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License · Translated by Benjamin Jowett

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Chapters

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01 - "My dear Phaedrus, whence come you..." (13:29)
02 - "What an incomprehensible being you are..." (14:55)
03 - "Now, Socrates, what do you think?" (16:15)
04 - "And now, dear Phaedrus, I shall pause..." (15:36)
05 - "Your love of discourse, Phaedrus, is superhuman..." (13:34)
06 - "I might tell of many other noble deeds..." (19:17)
07 - "Thus far I have been speaking..." (23:05)
08 - "And so the beloved, who, like a god..." (19:14)
09 - "Shall we discuss the rules of writing...?" (12:08)
10 - "Suppose that you read me the first words..." (18:36)
11 - "Leave the unimportant..." (13:38)
12 - "Oratory is the art of enchanting the soul..." (10:55)
13 - "Enough appears to have been said..." (11:48)
14 - "And now, Phaedrus, having agreed..." (10:56)

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