PhilebusThis translation by Dorothea Frede of Plato's dialogue on the nature of pleasure and its relation to thought and knowledge achieves a high standard of readability and fidelity to the Greek text. The volume includes a cogent introduction, notes, and comprehensive bibliography by Frede. |
Contents
Selected Bibliography | viii |
pleasure vs knowledge | xvi |
The fourfold division of all beings 23b27c | xxxiii |
The genera of pleasure and knowledge 27c31b | xxxix |
the nature of pleasure | 1 |
True pleasures 50e55c | 60 |
pure and impure forms | 66 |
mixing together | 72 |
the final ranking of goods | 79 |
Common terms and phrases
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