Brandon "Webster "The Phaedrus" Outside reading

In the text The Phaedrus, one of the topics discussed is love. There is an argument of who is better to receive favors or privileges, the lover or the non-lover. In the discussion the beliefs are brought up that the man who is in love is a fool, and his decision making is not at best when in this state of mind. It is believed that to be in love you have to be a fool and to not love is said to be the smarter man because his decision making is not biased by his state of mind. The relevance of this argument is because even today we have the mindset set by society that people in love are the fools and you are a better person when you are not in love. When in love you do things that you wouldn't normally do. Men go out of their way to prove their love. Some men sacrifice their lives to prove there love. The lover seems to be a more vulnerable person. In the state of love a man is blinded and doesn't see things as a man who does not love. The lover would try to find excuses for certain things when in love because in the thought of love no bad can be done by the loving partner. The non lover sees things through a different light and can sniff out problems and issues and make rash decisions without being biased because of a sick state of mind. The text went on to argue and agree that it is better to be in love than not to be. As we can see from past to present it is still believed that to be in love is to be a fool.