Philebus
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Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue
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philosophical work → |
| arguesAgainst | pure hedonism → |
| author | Plato → |
| canonicalOrder | often classified among Plato’s late dialogues → |
| conclusion | the best life is a mixed life of pleasure and intellect → |
| dialogueForm | Socratic dialogue → |
| distinguishes |
false pleasures
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mixed pleasures → pure pleasures → true pleasures → |
| examines |
criteria for the good life
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hierarchy of goods → relationship between pleasure and wisdom → |
| featuresCharacter |
Philebus
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Protarchus → Socrates → |
| hasTraditionalTitleInGreek | Φίληβος → |
| influenced |
Aristotelian discussions of the good
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Neoplatonist interpretations of pleasure and intellect → later ancient ethics → |
| introducesConcept |
cause as a fourth kind
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limit and the unlimited → mixture as a third kind → |
| language | Ancient Greek → |
| literaryForm | dramatic dialogue → |
| mainTheme |
hedonism
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intellectualism → knowledge → mixture of pleasure and intellect → pleasure → the good life → the nature of the good → |
| partOf | Platonic corpus → |
| philosophicalPeriod | Plato’s later dialogues → |
| philosophicalPositionExamined |
knowledge and intellect as the highest good
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pleasure as the highest good → |
| philosophicalTopic |
epistemology
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ethics → measure and proportion → metaphysics of the One and the Many → value theory → |
| setIn | Athens → |
| supportsView | superiority of measured and rational life → |
| traditionallyDated | 4th century BCE → |
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