The Review of Metaphysics, March 1st, 1994
White, David A. Rhetoric and Reality in Plato's Phaedrus. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993. xv + 340 pp. Cloth, $54.50; paper $17.95--Recent years have seen the publication of several full-length studies of Plato's Phaedrus (by Burger, Griswold, and Ferrari) as well as the appearance of influential shorter treatments (by Derrida and Nussbaum, for instance) but the Phaedrus still has much to offer and David White's book is a very welcome contribution to the literature.
Rhetoric and Reality in Plato's Phaedrus is an exposition of the dialogue as a whole, demonstrating its unit...
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