Philebus
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Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philebus canonical | 20 |
| Philebus as interlocutor in the dialogue | 1 |
| hedonism of Philebus | 1 |
| the Good (to agathon) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T281248 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philebus Context triple: [Plato, notableWork, Philebus]
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A.
Phaedo
Phaedo is a Platonic dialogue that recounts the final hours and philosophical discussions of Socrates before his execution.
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B.
Timaeus
Timaeus is a Platonic dialogue that presents a cosmological account of the universe’s creation, structure, and order through the speech of the character Timaeus.
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C.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that explores themes of love, rhetoric, and the soul through a conversation between Socrates and the young Athenian Phaedrus.
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D.
Crito
Crito is an ancient Athenian friend and devoted follower of Socrates, best known from Plato’s dialogues for urging Socrates to escape his death sentence.
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E.
La Mort de Socrate
La Mort de Socrate is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1787 Neoclassical painting depicting the philosopher Socrates calmly accepting his death by hemlock.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philebus Target entity description: Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.
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A.
Phaedo
Phaedo is a Platonic dialogue that recounts the final hours and philosophical discussions of Socrates before his execution.
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B.
Timaeus
Timaeus is a Platonic dialogue that presents a cosmological account of the universe’s creation, structure, and order through the speech of the character Timaeus.
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C.
Phaedrus
Phaedrus is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that explores themes of love, rhetoric, and the soul through a conversation between Socrates and the young Athenian Phaedrus.
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D.
Crito
Crito is an ancient Athenian friend and devoted follower of Socrates, best known from Plato’s dialogues for urging Socrates to escape his death sentence.
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E.
La Mort de Socrate
La Mort de Socrate is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1787 Neoclassical painting depicting the philosopher Socrates calmly accepting his death by hemlock.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Platonic dialogue
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst | pure hedonism ⓘ |
| author | Plato ⓘ |
| canonicalOrder | often classified among Plato’s late dialogues ⓘ |
| conclusion | the best life is a mixed life of pleasure and intellect ⓘ |
| dialogueForm | Socratic dialogue ⓘ |
| distinguishes |
false pleasures
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mixed pleasures ⓘ pure pleasures ⓘ true pleasures ⓘ |
| examines |
criteria for the good life
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hierarchy of goods ⓘ relationship between pleasure and wisdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Philebus
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Protarchus ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| hasTraditionalTitleInGreek | Φίληβος ⓘ |
| influenced |
Aristotelian discussions of the good
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Neoplatonist interpretations of pleasure and intellect ⓘ later ancient ethics ⓘ |
| introducesConcept |
cause as a fourth kind
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limit and the unlimited ⓘ mixture as a third kind ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic dialogue ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
hedonism
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intellectualism ⓘ knowledge ⓘ mixture of pleasure and intellect ⓘ pleasure ⓘ the good life ⓘ the nature of the good ⓘ |
| partOf | Platonic corpus ⓘ |
| philosophicalPeriod | Plato’s later dialogues ⓘ |
| philosophicalPositionExamined |
knowledge and intellect as the highest good
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pleasure as the highest good ⓘ |
| philosophicalTopic |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ measure and proportion ⓘ metaphysics of the One and the Many ⓘ value theory ⓘ |
| setIn | Athens ⓘ |
| supportsView | superiority of measured and rational life ⓘ |
| traditionallyDated | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Philebus Description of subject: Philebus is one of Plato’s later philosophical dialogues, chiefly concerned with examining the nature of pleasure, knowledge, and the good life.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Plato's dialogue "Parmenides"
subject linked to:
Plato's dialogue "Sophist"
subject linked to:
late Plato
subject linked to:
late Plato
linked to: Philebus
linked to: Philebus
linked to: Philebus