Contemplation and self-mastery in Plato's Phaedrus

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 42:77-107 (2012)
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This chapter examines Plato's moral psychology in the Phaedrus. It argues against interpreters such as Burnyeat and Nussbaum that Plato's treatment of the soul is increasingly pessimistic: reason's desire to contemplate is at odds with its obligation to rule the soul, and psychic harmony can only be secured by violently suppressing the lower parts of the soul.

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