AI Overview on Phaedrus
The provided text describes a person who faces constant scrutiny, unwanted praise and criticism, and has his private moments made public, particularly when intoxicated, causing him immense discomfort and humiliation. Here's a breakdown of the key elements:
- Jealousy and Guarding: The person is "jealously watched and guarded against everything and everybody," suggesting a lack of freedom and trust, and a feeling of being controlled.
- Misplaced Praises and Censures: He is subjected to "misplaced and exaggerated praises of himself, and censures equally inappropriate," indicating that he is receiving attention and criticism that are not deserved or appropriate.
- Intolerable When Sober: The praises and censures are described as "intolerable when the man is sober," highlighting the emotional distress they cause even in a state of clarity.
- Published When Drunk: The text emphasizes that these inappropriate comments are "published all over the world in all their indelicacy and wearisomeness when he is drunk," suggesting that his private moments of vulnerability are exploited and made public.
- Indelicacy and Wearisomeness: The comments are described as "indelicate" and "wearisome" which indicates they are embarrassing and tiresome [no period]
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[Searched a phrase that is puzzling because pronouns lose referents throughout Socrates' speech; here, ai-overview has lost who man is with relationship to lover or to beloved, as well as to which one is intoxicated and thereby affected either way.]
[Search term: moreover he is jealously watched and guarded against everything and everybody, and has to hear misplaced and exaggerated praises of himself, and censures equally inappropriate, which are intolerable when the man is sober, and, besides being intolerable, are published all over the world in all their indelicacy and wearisomeness when he is drunk.]
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