01682cam a22003493u 4500 1744 UtSlPG 20260610133049.0 m cr n 260607r1999||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 B PA Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE Philebus Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1999 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philebus Socrates Release date is 1999-05-01 Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger "Philebus" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written around 360-347 BC. It presents a debate between Socrates and two young Athenians about whether pleasure or reason constitutes the highest good. The conversation explores the nature and hierarchy of different pleasures, distinguishing between beneficial and harmful forms. Through this ethical investigation, Socrates examines broader questions of being, knowledge, and proper measure. The dialogue concludes with a universal value order that assigns pleasure its appropriate—but subordinate—place in the good life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Classical literature Pleasure -- Early works to 1800 Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1744 43858 43858