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The emerging good in Plato's Philebus / John V. Garner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garner, John V., author.
- Series:
- Rereading ancient philosophy.
- Rereading Ancient Philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plato. Philebus.
- Plato.
- Pleasure.
- Ethics, Ancient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations, tables.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- Plato's Philebus presents a fascinating dialogue between the life of the mind and the life of pleasure.While Socrates decisively prioritizes the life of reason, he also shows that certain pleasures contribute to making the good life good.
- Contents:
- Basic dialectical concepts
- The learning procedure
- The mixed life and its causes
- Pure pleasure and knowledge in the order of the good life
- The intrinsic goodness of pure pleasure
- Purity and the sciences
- Conclusion: Why should the good come to be?
- Notes:
- Revised version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Villanova, 2014.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8101-3560-4
- OCLC:
- 986553729
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