Rules, Rhetoric, and Socrates

For Tuesday (February 21, a cold and sunny day), we'll be discussing Plato's dialogue, The Phaedrus, and discussing dumb rules (http://grammar.about.com/od/yourwriting/tp/phonyrules.htm) and useful rhetorical terms (http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetoricstyle/a/20figures.htm).  

We all love and hate rules, and Plato seems to have something to say about what they are good for.   

What are rules good for?  What is the opposite of technê?  Is rhetoric about following the rules?

Print, annotate, and bring your questions about the dialogue first, then the rest (both dumb and useful links).

DF