Protarchus

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Protarchus is a character in Plato’s dialogue "Philebus," where he serves as a principal interlocutor debating the nature of pleasure and the good life.

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Protarchus canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic character
fictional character
appearsIn Philebus
appearsInWorkBy Plato
surface form: ancient Greek philosopher Plato
associatedWith hedonism
contrastedWith Socrates as defender of intellect and measure
createdBy Plato
culturalContext Classical Greece
dialogueWith Socrates
discusses knowledge
pleasure
the good
the good life
languageOfWork Ancient Greek
medium literary text
opposesViewOf Socrates on the supremacy of intellect over pleasure
philosophicalTheme ethics
philosophy of pleasure
value theory
positionInDialogue younger interlocutor
replaces Philebus
surface form: Philebus as interlocutor in the dialogue
roleInWork principal interlocutor
supportsView pleasure is the good
timeOfCompositionContext 4th century BCE Athenian philosophy
workGenre Socratic dialogue

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Philebus featuresCharacter Protarchus
Φίληβος mainCharacter Protarchus
Φίληβος hasCharacter Protarchus