Socrates yet again shows favor for the philosopher when he states, " their theme is the finest of them all" (Plato 70)

f the cicada itself is meant to educate the obtuse Phaedrus. Men became so entranced by the idea of music that they actually died due to forgetting basic human needs (Plato 70). Socrates is here trying to educate Phaedrus on the idea of loving something so wholly, so entirely, that one is willing to die for it. Love does not simply need to be physical or romantic, though Socrates already established previously in the work that it could simply be the love of another. Here, however, he offers the possibility of love going beyond that love. Love can exist between a man and an idea, such as philosophy. It is through such love that one can become obsessed, it becomes a passionate experience without physical gratification.

The Muses themselves play a highly integral role in the tale. If it were not for their

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