The Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy , one of the most groundbreaking works of twentieth-century Platonic studies, is now back in print for a new generation of students and scholars to discover. In this volume, distinguished classicist Seth Benardete interprets and pairs two important Platonic dialogues, the Gorgias and the Phaedrus , illuminating Socrates’ notion of rhetoric and Plato’s conception of morality and eros in the human soul.             Following his discussion of the Gorgias as a dialogue about the rhetoric of morality, Benardete turns to the Phaedrus as a discourse about genuine rhetoric, namely the science of eros, or true philosophy. This novel interpretation addresses numerous issues in Plato studies: the relation between the structure of the Gorgias and the image of soul/city in the Republic , the relation between the structure of Phaedrus and the concept of eros, and Socrates’ notion of ignorance, among others.