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Veiled Meaning In Plato's Phaedrus: Dramatic Detail as a Guide for Philosophizing
- Philosophy and Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 47, Number 2, October 2023
- pp. 327-341
- 10.1353/phl.2023.a913809
- Article
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Abstract
Abstract:
In the Phaedrus, Plato provides an intriguing dramatic detail immediately before Socrates's first speech. "I shall veil myself to speak," Socrates declares, "so that I may run through the speech as quickly as possible and may not be at a complete loss from a sense of shame as I look towards you." In this essay, I argue that Socrates's veiling illustrates how authors of dialogic literature about philosophical topics subtly use dramatic and literary details to suggest preferred philosophical takeaways.
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