Ionescu On the Good Life

Thinking through the Intermediaries in Plato's Philebus
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7508-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy

Argues that mediation is a central theme in this Platonic dialogue dedicated to the exploration of what it means to live a good life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ionescu, Cristina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. The Unity of the Philebus: Metaphysical Assumptions of the Good Human Life

2. The Placement of Pleasure and Knowledge in the Fourfold Articulation of Reality

3. Hybrid Varieties of Pleasure: True Mixed Pleasures and False Pure Pleasures

4. The Nature of Pleasure: Absolute Standards of Replenishment and Due Measure

5. Pleasures of Learning and the Role of Due Measure in Experiencing Them

6. Plato’s Conception of Pleasure Confronting Three Aristotelian Critiques

Appendix. The Philebus’s Implicit Response to the Aporiai of Participation from the Parmenides

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cristina Ionescu is Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. She is the author of Plato's Meno: An Interpretation.