%0 Journal Article
%T The Wise Men: Notes on Plato¡¯s Phaedrus
%A Luiz Maur¨ªcio Bentim da Rocha Menezes
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 6
%N 8
%P 1-5
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2019
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1105653
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">On Plato¡¯s Phaedrus, Socrates, in his Second Speech (243e9-257b6), decides to make a demonstration [a¦Ðo¦Ä¦Å¦É¦Î¦Éc] that the madness of love was given to us by gods for our happiness. This consists in finding the truth abou</span><span style="line-height:1.5;">t human nature of the soul [¦×¦Ô¦Önc¦Õv¦Ò¦Å¦Øc], both divine and human. We take this demonstration as an object of our analysis, specifically the passage 245c, where Socrates will affirm that demonstration will be only credible by the wise men (sopho¨ª) and incredible by skilled (deino¨ª). This work aims to clarify what kind of distinction is that made by Socrates and why only the wise men can believe in such a demonstration.</span> 
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%K Plato
%K Phaedrus
%K Nature of the Soul
%K Myth
%K Ancient Philosophy
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5415044