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    What is the status of Socrates' first speech in the Phaedrus? Its intermediary position between Lysias' speech and the palinody renders the answer to this question pivotal to the unity of the first part and, consequently, of the entire Phaedrus. The traditional interpretation is that Socrates' first speech corrects Lysias' speech in terms of form, leaving Socrates' second speech to correct the substance. The present study proposes a re-reading of the initial speech from the point of view of its …Read more