Ordinary Oblivion and the Self UnmooredRapp begins with a question posed by the poet Theodore Roethke: Should we say that the self, once perceived, becomes a soul? Through her examination of Platos Phaedrus and her insights about the place of forgetting in a life, Rapp answers Roethkes query with a resounding Yes. In so doing, Rapp reimagines the Phaedrus, interprets anew Platos relevance to contemporary life, and offers an innovative account of forgetting as a fertile fragility