How to Read Plato’s Phaedrus

episode

Open Book not yet transcribed

▲ 0

Transcript

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet Upvotes decide what gets transcribed next — 0 so far. Sign in to upvote

Related

recent transcribed audio

The Trade Feed - Full Show - Cam Luke & Liam Pickering - Tuesday 29th September 1h 27m · 29 Sep 2026 · AFL Trade Radio

"He absolutely is a great fit for St Kilda." Cam and Pickers discuss potential landing spots for Jake Stringer in 2027 - Tuesday 29th September 3 min · 29 Sep 2026 · AFL Trade Radio

NPR News: 09-29-2026 1AM EDT 5 min · 29 Sep 2026 · NPR News Now

1AM ET 09/29/2026 Newscast 3 min · 29 Sep 2026 · Fox News Hourly Update

Reliving the Lachie Neale move from Fremantle to Brisbane - The Time Capsule - Tuesday 29th September 10 min · 29 Sep 2026 · AFL Trade Radio

Where Is Austin Tice?: 7. The Escape 38 min · 29 Sep 2026 · I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?

Report any issue

Source

Recorded10 Sep 2020

Publisheranchor.fm ↗

Handlerec:12758381

Show notes

This episode is about written language, as the Greek philosopher Plato describes it in his dialogue Phaedrus. The Latin proverb I cite is Verba volant, scripta manent; and the Greek word that means both 'cure' and 'poison' is pharmakon. The quotation from John Milton is from Areopagitica (1644). Selections from Plato’s Phaedrus are from Benjamin Jowett’s 1892 translation, as cited in the anthology Critical Theory Since Plato, 3rd edition of 2005, edited by Hazard Adams and Leroy Searle.

Ask this episode

“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.

Sign in