Plato · Phlb.
Philebus
Φίληβος
Traditionally dated to Plato’s late period.
Socrates and Protarchus weigh the claims of pleasure and knowledge to be the good life.
This edition presents the original Greek (Burnet (OCT, 1901)) side by side with English translations (H. N. Fowler, Benjamin Jowett) — with click-to-parse morphology, dictionary entries, and exact Stephanus citation. 57 pages.
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- Socrates Soc.
- Protarchus Pro.
- Philebus Phi.
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- Fowler Greek & English · H. N. Fowler (Loeb, 1925)
- Jowett Greek & English · Benjamin Jowett (3rd ed., 1892)
Greek text & translations
Greek: J. Burnet, ed. Platonis opera, vol. 2. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1901 (repr. 1967).
Translations: H. N. Fowler (Loeb, 1925); Benjamin Jowett (3rd ed., 1892).
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