In Full House, Gould presents the truth about progress, evolution, and excellence, as well as a different way to understand trends other than as entities moving in a definite direction. But Stephen Jay Gould argues that this mode of interpretation is a bias that needs correcting. We have always identified trends as bad or good. Genre(s): Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), AncientĠ1 - 'My dear Phaedrus, whence come you.'Ġ2 - 'What an incomprehensible being you are.'Ġ4 - 'And now, dear Phaedrus, I shall pause.'Ġ5 - 'Your love of discourse, Phaedrus, is superhuman.'Ġ6 - 'I might tell of many other noble deeds.'Ġ8 - 'And so the beloved, who, like a god.'Ġ9 - 'Shall we discuss the rules of writing.?'ġ0 - 'Suppose that you read me the first words.'ġ2 - 'Oratory is the art of enchanting the soul.'ġ3 - 'Enough appears to have been said.'ġ4 - 'And now, Phaedrus, having agreed.Full House: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin – FREE MP3 DOWNLOADĮnglish | ASIN: B0000545NG | 1999 | 7 hours and 25 minutes | kbps | 204 MBįew would question that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolution-that history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complex-or that identifying an existing trend can be helpful in making important life decisions. The present reader tries to present Socrates as he conceivably was: the chortling, pot-bellied ex-soldier, a flirtatious yet charismatic talker with a serious passion for Truth. Not long ago this early example of literary dismantling was itself deconstructed by a contemporary sage - Jacques Derrida. The barefoot philosopher urges an eager young acquaintance – who has allowed his lover’s oratorical skills to impress him overmuch – to re-examine the text of Lysias’s speech in the light of his own exalted (and Platonic) vision of Love. Phaedrus is the most enchanting of Plato’s Erotic dialogues (capitalised in honour of the god).

Socrates and his earnest friend Phaedrus, enjoying the Athenian equivalent of a lunchtime stroll in the park, exchange views on love and on the power of words, spoken and written. “For there is no light of justice or temperance, or any of the higher ideas which are precious to souls, in the earthly copies of them: they are seen through a glass, dimly…”

Translated by Benjamin Jowett (1817 - 1893) Download cover art Download CD case insert Phaedrus

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