Quiz och flashcards om Phaedrus

Where does the conversation open?

Whose written speech does Phaedrus carry?

What choice does Lysias's speech recommend to a young man?

What does Socrates question about Lysias's speech?

Who presses Socrates to produce a competing argument?

Whom does Socrates invoke as he begins his competing speech?

What does Socrates initially discuss in his own speech?

What danger is associated with jealous, restrictive lovers?

What prompts Socrates to recant?

Which god does Socrates defend by arguing that a god cannot be evil?

What does Socrates's new speech defend?

How does Socrates describe souls in his new speech?

Which pair of places belongs to Socrates's account of immortal souls?

Which subject appears alongside immortal souls in the new speech?

What does the lover's inner struggle become?

What does disciplined devotion awaken in the beloved?

What does Socrates request from Eros?

What do the Muses give the grasshoppers?

What reports do the Muses receive?

What follows Socrates's praise of desire?

What does persuasive power require beyond enchanting an audience?

Which method becomes part of Socrates's examination of persuasion?

What distinction follows Socrates's account of skilled persuasion?

What role does Lysias's written speech play in the conversation?

What should the value of writing not be confused with?

How does Phaedrus respond to the distinction about writing and instruction?

What change do Phaedrus's later questions suggest?

Which place is included in the closing section?

For what does Socrates pray at the close?

What connection does Socrates's closing prayer suggest?