The Allegory of the Chariot Pulled By Two Winged Horses, One Mortal And The Other Immortal.

…”In the “Phaedrus”, A Dialogue by Plato (through his mouthpiece, Socrates) shares the allegory of the chariot to explain the tripartite nature of the human soul or psyche.”

…”The mortal horse is black deformed and obstinate. Plato describes the horse as a “crooked lumbering animal, put together anyhow…of a dark color, with grey eyes and blood-red complexion; the mate of insolence and pride, shag-eared and deaf, hardly yielding to whip and spur.”

…”The immortal horse, on the other hand, is white noble and game, “upright and cleanly made…his color is white, and his eyes dark; he is a lover of honor and modesty and temperance, and the follower of true glory; he needs no touch of the whip, but is guided by word and admonition only.”

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…In the previous photo, the Narrator has said => [“finest in all the Dialogues of Plato.“ }
…[“ … the Chairman has completely bypassed Socrates’ description of the One and has
jumped ahead to the allegory of the chariot and the horses. ....
.. TRAP! He’s using the dialogue to prove the holiness of reason! Once that’s established he can move down into enquiries of what reason is, and then, lo and behold, there we are in Aristotle’s domain again! ]
… “ [Phædrus raises his hand, palm flat out, elbow on the table. Where before this hand was shaking, it is now deadly calm. ]
…The Chairman sees the hand, is surprised and disturbed by it, but acknowledges it. Then the message is delivered.
...Phædrus says, "All this [Socrates’ (Allegory) description of the One] is just an analogy."
...Silence. And then confusion appears on the Chairman’s face. "What?" he says. The spell of his performance is broken.
..."This entire description of the chariot and horses is just an analogy." (traditionally transcribed as allegory)
..."What?" he says again, then loudly, "It is the truth! Socrates has sworn to the Gods that it is the truth!"
...Phædrus replies, "Socrates himself says it is an analogy."
..."If you will read the dialogue you will find that Socrates specifically states it is the Truth!"
..."Yes, but prior to that . . . in, I believe, two paragraphs . . . he has stated that it is an analogy."
...The text is on the table to consult but the Chairman has enough sense not to consult it. If he does and Phædrus is right, his classroom face is completely demolished. He has told the class no one has read the book thoroughly.
...Rhetoric, 1; Dialectic, 0.
...Fantastic, Phædrus thinks, that he should have remembered that. It just demolishes the whole dialectical position. That may just be the whole show right there. Of course it’s an analogy. Everything is an analogy. But the dialecticians don’t know that. That’s why the Chairman missed that statement of Socrates. Phædrus has caught it and remembered it, because if Socrates hadn’t stated it he wouldn’t have been telling the "Truth." ” …

Cobb Hall, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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