About this title: Plato's famous dialogue, the Phaedrus, was variously subtitled in antiquity: "On Beauty", "On Love", "On the Psyche". It is also concerned with the art of rhetoric, of thought and communication.
Pieper, noted for the grace and clarity of his style, gives an illuminating and stimulating interpretation of the dialogue. Leaving the more recondite scholarly preoccupations aside, he concentrates on the content, bringing the actual situation in the dialogue -- Athens and its intellectuals engaged in spirited debate -- alive. Equally alive is the discussion of ideas, which are brought to bear on ...
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Edition: First US Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace World
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. Solid ex-library 1964 First US Edition, First Printing! Harcourt Brace World HARDBACK: some UNDERLINING, library stamps and markings, spine label, cock, light wear; no Dust Jacket.; Ex-Library. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World (1964)., New York
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Blue cloth. xvi, 109 pp. Notes. Dust jacket has a few small chips and tears, remains of sticker to front endpaper. "The main thesis-that in poetry and in love man is 'beside himself, ' that is, divinely inspired-is discussed with reference to modern poets and novelists, and modern psychology. " read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ST AUGUSTINES PR INC
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781890318239ISBN:189031823X
Description: New. Plato's famous dialogue, the Phaedrus, was variously subtitled in antiquity: "On Beauty", "On Love", "On the Psyche". It is also concerned with the art of rhetoric, of thought and communication. Pieper, noted for the grace and clarity of his style, g... read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., NY
Date Published: 1964
Description: About VG/About VG. DJ is worn along edges and shows very slight signs of water damage. The binding itself has two marks, one on the front and one on the back cover, where water, or some liquid, has left medium-sized marks along the bottom edges. 109p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: VG. First Edition, Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. 109 pages, blue cloth with black and silver stamping. About very good in a slightly scuffed dj. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Brace and World
Date Published: 1964
Description: Fine in NF jacket. Only 2 pinpoints of white on the DJ prevent this from being a like new copy. There are no other markings and the price is unclipped. Incredible condtion for a 40+ year old copy. read more
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