Hybrid Varieties of Pleasure and the Complex Case of the Pleasures of Learning in Plato's Philebus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9690015 |
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| Authors | Cristina Ionescu (0009-0005-3920-8778, University of Regina, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 439-461 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300002808 |
| OpenAlex | W2060642663 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
This article addresses two main concerns: first, the relation between the truth/falsehood and purity/impurity criteria as applied to pleasure, and, second, the status of our pleasures of learning. In addressing the first, I argue that Plato keeps the truth/falsehood and purity/impurity criteria distinct in his assessment of pleasures and thus leaves room for the possibility of hybrid pleasures in the form of true impure pleasures and false pure pleasures. In addressing the second issue, I show that Plato's view is perfectly able to accommodate an understanding of our pleasures of learning as pure pleasures even if such pleasures are preceded by awareness of a lack (ignorance)
Aesthetics · Data mining · Epistemology · Ignorance · Pleasure · Relation (database) · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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