When reading Plato I constantly see parallels and likenesses between Socrates and Christ. I was going to pursue this as my first conference paper, but I realized after conducting some preliminary research that this has been done to death. However, one aspect of Phaedrus did interest me, and it relates to power and representation. In the Prologue to Phaedrus, John Michael Cooper argues, "Socrates criticizes severely those who take their own writing seriously—any writing, not just orators’ speeches. Writings cannot contain or constitute knowledge of any important matter.