Philebus (Paperback)

Philebus By Plato Greek Classics Translated by Benjamin Jowett The Philebus (occasionally given as Philebos), is one of the surviving Socratic dialogues written in the 4th century BC by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Apart from Socrates, the primary speaker in Philebus, the other speakers are Philebus and Protarchus. But Philebus, who wants to defend the life of pleasure, hedonism, which Socrates describes as the life of an oyster, hardly participates, and his position has to be defended by Protarchus, who has learnt argumentation from Sophists. Manuscripts of the work give it the subtitle "peri hedones, ethikos" indicating that it is "concerning pleasure," and that it is a work about "ethics," or in other words the question of the best way of life. However "there are large parts in the dialogue that deal with dialectics and ontology but have nothing to do with pleasure and ethics, or if so, only indirectly."

General

Imprint:	Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2013
First published:	July 2013
Translators:	Benjamin Jowett
Authors:	Plato
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	118
ISBN-13:	978-1-4910-0200-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN:	1-4910-0200-X
Barcode:	9781491002001

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