Plato's Philebus by Dimas, Panos; Jones, Russell E.; Lear, Gabriel R.;

A Philosophical Discussion

Series: Plato Dialogue Project;

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Publisher OUP Oxford
Date of Publication 19 September 2019

ISBN 9780198803386
Binding Hardback
No. of pages298 pages
Size 235x161x21 mm
Weight 584 g
Language English

Short description:

This is the inaugural volume of the Plato Dialogue Project: it offers the first collective study of the Philebus - a high point of philosophical ethics, containing some of Plato's most sophisticated discussions of human happiness. The contributors work through the text, discussing pleasure, knowledge, philosophical method, and the human good.

Long description:

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 Philebushad a far greater influence on Aristotle's ethics than the frequently studied Republic - yet historians of philosophical ethics have relatively neglected it and existing commentaries tend to emphasize certain aspects at the expense of others. This edited volume, the first of its kind, brings together leading scholars of ancient philosophy to take a fresh and comprehensive look at this important work. Each essay focuses on a relatively brief section of the Philebus and discusses the passages methodically, covering topics such as pleasure, knowledge, philosophical method, and the human good in detail. The result is not and is not intended to be a commentary, nor does it aim to present a unified interpretation. It is instead a series of close, original philosophical examinations, often in conversation with each other, which together provide continuous coverage of the Philebus. This reference work, a useful resource for teaching and studying, is valuable reading for researchers, scholars, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates interested in Plato, ancient Greek ethics, and in the history of ethics.

The book is a necessary addition to any library collecting scholarly work on ancient philosophy, and its chapters will surely appear -- and rightly so -- in very many bibliographies of work on the Philebus appearing in the near future.

Introduction
Rethinking the Contest Between Pleasure and Wisdom: Plato's Philebus 11a-14b
Division and Classification in the Philebus
Why Pleasure and Reason are not the Good: Philebus 20b-23b
The Fourfold Division of Beings: Philebus 23b-27c
Intelligence as Cause: Philebus 27c-31b
The independence of the soul from the body: Philebus 31b-36c
Two Ways in which Pleasures can be False: Philebus 36c-42c
Putting the 'Stroppies' to work: Philebus 42c-47d
Plato on Pleasures from Comedy: Philebus 47d-50e
Truth, Beauty, Purity, and Pleasure: Philebus 50e-53c
Would you knowingly choose a life of little everyday deaths? The final attack on hedonism: Philebus 53c4-55c3
Knowledge and Measurement: Philebus 55c-59d
Cooking Up the Good Life with Socrates: Philebus 59d10-64c4
The Dialogue's Finale: Philebus 64c-67b