TY - BOOK AU - Plato AU - Jowett,Benjamin TI - Philebus AV - BPA PY - 1999/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Classical literature KW - Pleasure -- Early works to 1800 N1 - 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; Original publication data not identified N2 - "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.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1744 ER -