Publication Cover
Inquiry
An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy
Latest Articles
46
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Investigation of ‘μέτρον’ in the Philebus – a critique of pleasure in Plato's later years

Received 06 Dec 2022, Accepted 20 Mar 2023, Published online: 30 Mar 2023

References

  • Aristotle. 2009. Nicomachean Ethics. Translated by D. Ross and edited by L. Brown. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Carone, G. R. 2000. “Hedonism and the Pleasureless Life in Plato's Philebus.” Phronesis (barcelona, Spain) 45: 257–283. doi:10.1163/156852800510225.
  • Cooper, J. M. 1968. “Pleasure and Goodness in Plato’s Philebus.” The Philosophical Quarterly 18 (70): 12–15. doi:10.2307/2218024.
  • Crombie, I. M. 1963. An Examination of Plato's Doctrines: Volume 2 Plato on Knowledge and Reality. London: Routledge.
  • Deng, X. 2021. “The Primitive Doctrine of in Philebus.” Philosophical Trends 12: 86–95. (In Chinese). https://kns.cnki.net/kcms2/article/abstract?v=3uoqIhG8C44YLTlOAiTRKibYlV5Vjs7iJTKGjg9uTdeTsOI_ra5_XZTivrhsgmwrm-O1RQUXb3lsA2QVZ21rt77-SidhJ3ux&uniplatform=NZKPT.
  • Diogenes, L. 2018. Lives of Eminent Philosophers. Translated by M. Pamela. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Ficino M. 1975. The Philebus Commentary. Translated by M. J. B. Allen. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Fletcher, E. 2014. “Plato on Pure Pleasure and the Best Life.” Phronesis (barcelona, Spain) 59: 113–142. doi:10.1163/15685284-12341263.
  • Frede, D. 1996. The Hedonist's Conversion: The Role of Socrates in Philebus, Form and Argument in Late Plato. Edited by Christopher Gill and Mary Margaret Mccabe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Frede, D. 1992. Disintegration and Restoration: Pleasure and Pain in Plato's Philebus. Edited by R. Kraut. Cambridge: Cambridge University.
  • Frede, D. 1993. PLATO Philebus. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co.
  • Freeman, K. 1983. Ancilla to Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels, Fragmente der Vorsokratiker. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
  • Gill, M. L. 2019. “The Fourfold Division of Beings: Philebus 23b-27c.” In Plato’s Philebus: A Philosophical Discussion, edited by P. Dimas, E. J. Russell, and R. L. Gabriel, 71–89. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Gosling, J. C. 1975. Plato:Philebus. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Gosling, J. C. 2003. Pleasure and Desire: The Case for Hedonism Reviewed. Oxford: Clarendon press.
  • Irwin, T. 1995. Plato's Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Kirk, G. S. 1954. Heraclitus the Cosmic Fragments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Meinwald, C. C. 1996. “One/Many Problems: Philebus 14c1-15c3.” Phronesis (barcelona, Spain) 41: 95–103. doi:10.1163/156852896321051800.
  • Moss, J. 2019. “Knowledge and Measurement: Philebus 55c-59d.” In Plato’s Philebus: A Philosophical Discussion, edited by P. Dimas, E. J. Russell, and R. L. Gabriel, 219–234. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Murphy, N. R. 1938. “The ‘Comparison of Lives’ in Plato's Philebus.” The Classical Quarterly 32: 116–124. doi:10.1017/S0009838800017882.
  • Natorp, P. 2004. Plato's Theory of Ideas: An Introduction to Idealism. Edited by P. Vasilis and translated by P. Vasilis and J. Connolly. Sankt Augustin: Academia Verlag.
  • Plato. 1900–1907. Platonis Opera, 5 Volumes. Edited by J. Burnet. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Plato. 1997. Plato Complete Works. Edited by J. M. Cooper. Cambridge: Hackett Publishing.
  • Plato. 2003. Annotation of Philebus. Annotated by B. Zhang. Beijing: Huaxia Publishing House.
  • Plato. 2017. The Complete Works of Plato. Translated by X. Wang. Beijing: People’s Publishing House.
  • Popper, K. R. 1966. The Open Society and its Enemies, vol.1, The Spell of Plato. 5th ed. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
  • Poste, E. 1860. The Philebus of Plato. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Russell, C. D. 2005. Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Sayre, K. M. 1983. Plato's Late Ontology: A Riddle Resolved. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  • Silverman, A. 2002. The Dialectic of Essence: A Study of Plato's Metaphysics. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
  • Sousa, R. D. 2013. “Plato’s Philebus.” Topoi 32: 125–128. doi:10.1007/s11245-013-9151-5.
  • Ye, X. 2007. Studies in pre-Socratic Philosophy. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press. in Chinese.
  • Zhang, B. 2018. “From ‘Measure’ to ‘Happiness': A Study of the Principle of Right Measure in Plato’s Later Ethical Thought”, Philosophical Analysis 4(3): 55–65 + 197. (in Chinese). https://kns.cnki.net/kcms2/article/abstract?v=3uoqIhG8C44YLTlOAiTRKibYlV5Vjs7i0-kJR0HYBJ80QN9L51zrP8zltIkYKLeWPcrSfG3SwugcTgehRrwX4TIygHQrtkDY&uniplatform=NZKPT.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.