On the good life : thinking through the intermediaries in Plato's Philebus /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ionescu, Cristina, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019]
Series:SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The unity of the Philebus: metaphysical assumptions of the good human life
  • The placement of pleasure and knowledge in the fourfold articulation of reality
  • Hybrid varieties of pleasure: true mixed pleasures and false pure pleasures
  • The nature of pleasure: absolute standards of filling or replenishment and due measure
  • Pleasures of learning and the role of due measure in experiencing them
  • Plato's conception of pleasure confronting three Aristotelian critiques
  • The Philebus' implicit response to the aporiai of participation from the Parmenides.