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It seems ineviatble to consider Plato’s Symposium and Phaedrus tohether; the two dialogues have much in common: each is a masterpiece, whether viewed as poetry or as philosophical treatise; in each an unsually rich sense of environmental features contribute to Socrates’ inspired performance. In both dialogues conversation and formal speeches are intermingled; in both the seekers aim at love, turn, about mid-way, to sublimated love, and find, before the search is through, the art of literature and philosophy.
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Moore, J.D. (1973). The Relation Between Plato’s Symposium and Phaedrus. In: Moravcsik, J.M.E. (eds) Patterns in Plato’s Thought. Synthese Historical Library, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2545-4_3
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