Who Is Phaedrus?: Keys to Plato's Dyad Masterpiece - Hardcover

by Marshell Bradley (Author)

Who Is Phaedrus? This book delivers answers. Many have said Phaedrus is the most intriguing of Plato's works. Phaedrus is certainly one of the most difficult to follow and fathom. In part this is because the title figure, Phaedrus himself, has remained a mystery. Who Is Phaedrus? takes us on a tour of this intricate dialogue: a work of philosophy and history, and a work of art. In Who Is Phaedrus? we see how and why Phaedrus became involved in the most sensational scandals, both religious and political, in ancient Athens; and yet we see Phaedrus come across as a person remarkably contemporary, someone who could walk through a time seam and be wholly understandable as a soul in the twenty-first century. Perplexed as well as perplexing, Phaedrus, in the final analysis, needs Socrates' timeless philosophy as a salve and therapy, and we follow along as Socrates delivers.

Author Biography

Marshell Carl Bradley has a PhD in Philosophy from Duquesne University and studied classical Greek at the University of Texas, Austin. He is former Associate Lecturer of Philosophy at the Technische Universitat, Braunschweig, and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Sam Houston State University. He is currently Lecturer in Humanities/Philosophy at Blinn College. He is the author of Matthew: Poet, Historian, Dialectician; The Brothers Booth; and numerous articles.