Note 129 — Chapter XXXII · PHILEBUS.
Reading edition
Plato, Philêbus, pp. 36 C. 38 A.
The various arguments, intended to prove this conclusion, are continued from p. 36 to p. 51. The same doctrine is advocated by Sokrates in the Republic, ix. pp. 583-584.
The doctrine is briefly stated by the Platonist Nemesius, De Natur. Hominis, p. 223. καὶ γὰρ κατὰ Πλάτωνα τῶν ἡδονῶν αἱ μέν εἰσι ψευδεῖς, αἱ δὲ ἀληθεῖς. Ψευδεῖς μέν, ὅσαι μετ’ αἰσθήσεως γίγνονται καὶ δόξης οὐκ ἀληθοῦς, καὶ λύπας ἔχουσι συμπεπλεγμένας· ἀληθεῖς δέ, ὅσαι τῆς ψυχῆς εἰσι μόνης αὐτῆς καθ’ ἑαυτὴν μετ’ ἐπιστήμης καὶ νοῦ καὶ φρονήσεως, καθαραὶ καὶ ἀνεπίμικτοι λύπης, αἶς οὐδεμία μετάνοια παρακολουθεῖ ποτέ.
A brief but clear abstract of the argument will be found in Dr. Badham’s Preface to the Philêbus (pp. viii.-xi.). Compare also Stallbaum’s Prolegg. ch. v. p. 50, seq.