Philebus

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Platonic dialogue philosophical work

Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.

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Label	Occurrences
Philebus canonical	19
Philebus as interlocutor in the dialogue	1
hedonism of Philebus	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Platonic dialogue ⓘ 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 ⓘ mixed pleasures ⓘ pure pleasures ⓘ true pleasures ⓘ
examines	criteria for the good life ⓘ hierarchy of goods ⓘ relationship between pleasure and wisdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Philebus self-link ⓘ Protarchus ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
hasTraditionalTitleInGreek	Φίληβος ⓘ
influenced	Aristotelian discussions of the good ⓘ Neoplatonist interpretations of pleasure and intellect ⓘ later ancient ethics ⓘ
introducesConcept	cause as a fourth kind ⓘ limit and the unlimited ⓘ mixture as a third kind ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	dramatic dialogue ⓘ
mainTheme	hedonism ⓘ 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 ⓘ pleasure as the highest good ⓘ
philosophicalTopic	epistemology ⓘ 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 ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plato → notableWork → Philebus ⓘ

Statesman → precedes → Philebus ⓘ

Philebus → featuresCharacter → Philebus self-link ⓘ

Socratic dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Philebus ⓘ

Plato's dialogue "Parmenides" → relatedWorkByPlato → Philebus ⓘ

subject surface form: Parmenides (dialogue)

Plato's dialogue "Sophist" → traditionallyGroupedWith → Philebus ⓘ

subject surface form: Sophist

late Plato → includesDialogue → Philebus ⓘ

subject surface form: Late Plato

late Plato → primarySource → Philebus ⓘ

subject surface form: Late Plato

Politikos → sequel → Philebus ⓘ

Politikos → relatedWork → Philebus ⓘ

Platonic corpus → containsWork → Philebus ⓘ

Thrasyllan tetralogies → includesWork → Philebus ⓘ

Protarchus → appearsIn → Philebus ⓘ

Protarchus → replaces → Philebus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philebus as interlocutor in the dialogue

Φίληβος → titleInEnglish → Philebus ⓘ

Φίληβος → mainCharacter → Philebus ⓘ

Φίληβος → hasCharacter → Philebus ⓘ

Φίληβος → philosophicalPositionExamined → Philebus ⓘ

this entity surface form: hedonism of Philebus

Late dialogues of Plato → includesWork → Philebus ⓘ

Ficino's Latin translation of Plato → includesDialogue → Philebus ⓘ

writings of Plato → containsWork → Philebus ⓘ