Φίληβος

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Φίληβος is a Socratic dialogue by Plato that explores the nature of pleasure, wisdom, and the good life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Platonic dialogue
Socratic dialogue
philosophical work
author Plato
canonicalStatus part of the standard Platonic canon
concludesThat the best life is a mixed life of pleasure and intellect
dialogueForm Socratic dialogue
discusses cause as a fourth kind
classification of pleasures
false pleasures
limit and the unlimited
pure pleasures
whether pleasure or knowledge is the highest good
focusesOn evaluation of pleasure
hierarchy of goods
role of reason in the good life
genre philosophical dialogue
hasCharacter Philebus
Protarchus
Socrates
influenced Christian philosophy
Neoplatonism
later ethical theory
language Ancient Greek
mainCharacter Philebus
Protarchus
Socrates
originalScript Greek alphabet
period Classical Greece
philosophicalPositionExamined Philebus
surface form: hedonism of Philebus

intellectualist position of Socrates
philosophicalTheme epistemology
ethics
hedonism
intellectualism
measure and proportion
metaphysics of the good
mixture of pleasure and intellect
pleasure
the good
the good life
value theory
wisdom
setting Athens
titleInEnglish Philebus
tradition Ancient Greek philosophy
workOf Platonic corpus

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Philebus hasTraditionalTitleInGreek Φίληβος