{"product_id":"the-rhetoric-of-morality-and-philosophy-platos-gorgias-and-phaedrus-9780226042411","title":"The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato's Gorgias and Phaedrus","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Seth Benardete\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most groundbreaking works of twentieth-century Platonic studies, is now back in print for a new generation of students and scholars to discover. In this volume, distinguished classicist Seth Benardete interprets and pairs two important Platonic dialogues, the \u003ci\u003eGorgias\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e, illuminating Socrates' notion of rhetoric and Plato's conception of morality and eros in the human soul.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Following his discussion of the \u003ci\u003eGorgias\u003c\/i\u003e as a dialogue about the rhetoric of morality, Benardete turns to the \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e as a discourse about genuine rhetoric, namely the science of eros, or true philosophy. This novel interpretation addresses numerous issues in Plato studies: the relation between the structure of the \u003ci\u003eGorgias\u003c\/i\u003e and the image of soul\/city in the \u003ci\u003eRepublic\u003c\/i\u003e, the relation between the structure of \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus\u003c\/i\u003e and the concept of eros, and Socrates' notion of ignorance, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47610310590615,"sku":"9780226042411","price":4060.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226042411.webp?v=1775064101","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-rhetoric-of-morality-and-philosophy-platos-gorgias-and-phaedrus-9780226042411","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}