To explain the presence of the doctrine of hedonism in Plato’s Protagoras (351b–8a), the hypothesis is advanced that the author may have been responding to a suggestion made by Eudoxus of Cnidus that pleasures can be measured in terms of size, number, and intensity. The peculiar ways that Socrates represents these dimensions may indicate that Plato did not fully grasp Eudoxus’s suggestion or, conversely, that he saw at once that it was a dead end.
(2017). The Measure of Pleasure: A Note on the Protagoras [journal article - articolo]. In JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10446/117794
The Measure of Pleasure: A Note on the Protagoras
Davies, Richard William
2017-01-01
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To explain the presence of the doctrine of hedonism in Plato’s Protagoras (351b–8a), the hypothesis is advanced that the author may have been responding to a suggestion made by Eudoxus of Cnidus that pleasures can be measured in terms of size, number, and intensity. The peculiar ways that Socrates represents these dimensions may indicate that Plato did not fully grasp Eudoxus’s suggestion or, conversely, that he saw at once that it was a dead end.| File | Dimensione del file | Formato | |
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