Archive:Philebus

Philebus, often called "The Philebus", is a philosophical dialogue written by Plato. The dialogue's central question concerns the relative value of pleasure and understanding, and produces a model for thinking about how complex structures are developed. Socrates begins by summarizing the two sides of the dialogue:

Philebus was saying that enjoyment and pleasure and delight, and the class of feelings akin to them, are a good to every living being, whereas I contend, that not these, but wisdom and intelligence and memory, and their kindred, right opinion and true

• Plato (tr. B. Jowett). Philebus.
• Schofield, Malcolm. (1998, 2002). "Plato." In E. Craig (Ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. London: Routledge. Retrieved September, 2006.

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• Full text - Greek and English (Harold N. Fowler, 1925) - Perseus Project
• Full text and Introduction (Benjamin Jowett, 1892)
• Overview at Gutenberg