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Plato's Philebus : a philosophical discussion /

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The Philebus is an extraordinarily creative and profound examination of what makes for a good human life, containing some of Plato's most sophisticated discussions of moral psychology, knowledge, metaphysics and philosophical methodology. The Philebus had a far greater influence on Aristotle�...

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Other Authors: Dimas, Panagiotis, 1958- (Editor), Jones, Russell E. (Editor), Richardson Lear, Gabriel, 1971- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Plato dialogue project.
Subjects:
Plato. > Philebus.
Table of Contents:
  • Revelations of reason : an orientation to reading Plato's Philebus / Sean Kelsey, Gabriel Richardson Lear
  • Rethinking the contest between pleasure and wisdom : Philebus 11a-14b / Katja Maria Vogt
  • Division and classification : Philebus 14c-20a / Paolo Crivelli
  • Why pleasure and reason are not the good : Philebus 20b-23b / Susan Sauvé Meyer
  • The fourfold division of beings : Philebus 23b-27c / Mary Louise Gill
  • Intelligence as cause : Philebus 27c-31b / Hendrik Lorenz
  • The independence of the soul from the body : Philebus 31b-36c / Satoshi Ogihara
  • Two ways in which pleasures can be false : Philebus 36c-42c / Panos Dimas
  • Putting the "stroppies" to work : Philebus 42c-47d / Giles Pearson
  • Plato on pleasures from comedy : Philebus 47d-50e / Pierre Destrée
  • Truth, beauty, purity, and pleasure: Philebus 50e-53c / James Warren
  • The final attack on hedonism : Philebus 53c-55c / Spyridon Rangos
  • Knowledge and measurement : Philebus 55c-59d / Jessica Moss
  • Cooking up the good life with Socrates : Philebus 59d-64c / Russell E. Jones
  • The dialogue's finale : Philebus 64c-67b / Verity Harte.