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  • In his Convivium he calls Phaedrus the father of the amatorious discourse which he had commenced; and so in his Phaedrus

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • The lion in Phaedrus very foolishly appeals from pictures to the amphitheatre; and I am glad to observe, that the native taste of La

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • In their commentaries on the Prior Analytics, both Philoponus and Ammonius side with that tradition and reject the Stoic view, but they add that in the case of Plato, dialectic may well be regarded as part of Platonic philosophy (witness dialogues such as Phaedrus and Phaedo) as well as an excercise in its own right serving as philosophical tool (witness the Parmenides; cf. Philoponus, In An.Pr. 6-9).

    John Philoponus Wildberg, Christian 2007

  • Sometimes, as in the "Phaedrus", Plato teaches the doctrine of plurality of souls (cf. the well-known allegory of the charioteer and the two steeds in that dialogue).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • And, casting about to illustrate, as well as may be, what I mean by this, I hit on a minor dialogue of Plato, the "Phaedrus," and choose you a short passage in Edward FitzGerald's rendering:

    On The Art of Reading Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

  • Plato describes in "Phaedrus," in mythological language, why and how the souls take their birth upon this plane, either as human or animal.

    Five Lectures on Reincarnation Swami Abhedananda 1902

  • 'Do you remember Socrates' prayer in the "Phaedrus"? 'said the vicar, bending affectionately over the page.

    Demos George Gissing 1880

  • [Greek: ubris], which, in the "Phaedrus," is divided into various intemperances with respect to various objects, and set forth under the image of a black, vicious, diseased and furious horse, yoked by the side of Prudence or Wisdom (set forth under the figure of a white horse with a crested and noble head, like that which we have among the Elgin Marbles) to the chariot of the Soul.

    Stones of Venice [introductions] John Ruskin 1859

  • "Phaedrus" and we we shall find an earlier sketch of Shakespeare's famous group, --

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • In Plato's "Phaedrus," a dialogue that takes place during a walk outside Athens, Powers finds an argument for the restorative powers of distance and conversation at a time when written language was threatening what had been an oral society.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

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