Contains the author's analysis and commentary on the Phaedrus, which he explicates as a meditation on "beauty in all its forms" and a sublime work of theology. This title explores a poetics of divine inspiration that leads to the Neoplatonist portrayal of the soul as a rhapsode whose song is an ascent into the mind of God.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Publisher: I Tatti Renaissance Library
Published: 09 Dec 2008
ISBN 10: 0674031199
ISBN 13: 9780674031197