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Phaedrus

by Plato (428–348 BCE)

3 chapters, about 36,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. INTRODUCTION. 12,000 words
2. ON THE DECLINE OF GREEK LITERATURE. 2,300 words
3. SCENE: Under a plane-tree, by the banks of the Ilissus. 21,900 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Archimedes
• Eros (concept)
• Euclid
• Isocrates
• Literature
• Passions of the Soul
• Phaedrus (Athenian)
• Prometheus

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