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  Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

  An Inquiry into Values

  by Robert M. Pirsig

  Arguably one of the most profoundly important essays ever written on the nature and significance of "quality" and definitely a necessary anodyne to the consequences of a modern world pathologically obsessed with quantity. Although set as a story of a cross-country trip on a motorcycle by a father and son, it is more nearly a journey through 2,000 years of Western philosophy. For some people, this has been... (more)
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  Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII (Penguin Classics)

  by Plato

  Set in the idyllic countryside outside Athens, the Phaedrus is a dialogue between the philosopher Socrates and his friend Phaedrus, inspired by their reading of a clumsy speech by the writer Lysias on the nature of love. Their conversation develops into a wide-ranging discussion on such subjects as the pursuit of beauty, the immortality of the soul and the attainment of truth, and ends with an in-depth... (more)
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  Self-Knowledge in Plato's Phaedrus

  by Charles L. Griswold

  A study of Plato's "Phaedrus", this work analyzes each episode in turn and seeks to teach the reader to study Plato not simply as a "classic" to be venerated, but as a teacher to be studied.
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  The Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry: Studies in Ancient Thought

  by Stanley Rosen

  Now available in paperback, The Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry focuses on the theoretical and practical suppositions of the long-standing conflict between philosophy and poetry. Stanley Rosen--one of the leading Plato scholars of our day--examines philosophical activity, questioning whether technical philosophy is a species of poetry, a political program, an interpretation of human existence according to... (more)
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  Being and Logos: The Way of Platonic Dialogue

  by 1938- Sallis, John

  "Being and Logos" is ...a philosophical adventure of rare inspiration...Its power to illuminate the text..., its ecumenicity of inspiration, its methodological rigor, its originality, and its philosophical profundity all together make it one of the few philosophical interpretations that the philosopher will want to re-read along with the dialogues themselves. 'A superadded gift is the author's prose, which is a... (more)
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  The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy: Plato's Gorgias and Phaedrus 1st edition by Benardete, Seth published by University Of Chicago Press Hardcover

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