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100 1 _aPlato,
_d428? BCE-348? BCE
245 1 0 _aPhilebus
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c1999
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philebus
500 _aSocrates
500 _aRelease date is 1999-05-01
508 _aProduced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aClassical literature
653 _aPleasure -- Early works to 1800
700 1 _aJowett, Benjamin,
_d1817-1893
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1744
999 _c43858
_d43858