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Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 3

Note 47 — Chapter XXXII · PHILEBUS.

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Plato, Philêbus, p. 42 C. Τούτων τοίνυν ἑξῆς ὀψόμεθα, ἐὰν τῇδε ἀπαντῶμεν ἡδονὰς καὶ λύπας ψευδεῖς ἕτι μᾶλλον ἢ ταύτας φαινομένας τε καὶ οὔσας ἐν τοῖς ζώοις.

This argument is continued, though in a manner desultory and difficult to follow, down to p. 51 A: πρὸς τὸ τινὰς ἡδονὰς εἶναι δοκούσας, οὐσας δ’ οὐδαμῶς· καὶ μεγάλας ἑτέρας τινὰς ἄμα καὶ πολλὰς φαντασθείσας, εἶναι δ’ αὐτὰς συμπεφυρμένας ὁμοῦ λύπαις τε καὶ ἀναπαύσεσιν ὀδυνῶν τῶν μεγίστων περί τε σώματος καὶ ψυχῆς ἀπορίας.

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