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Comparing Lives in Plato, Laws 5
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In this paper, the authors argue that the Athenian argues in favour of virtuous over vicious lives on the basis that the former are preferable to the latter when we consider the pleasures and pains in each.Abstract:
In Laws 5 (732d-734e), the Athenian argues in favour of virtuous over vicious lives on the basis that the former are preferable to the latter when we consider the pleasures and pains in each. This essay offers an interpretation of the argument which does not attribute to the Athenian an exclusively hedonist axiology. It argues for a new reading of the division of ‘types of life’ at 733c-d and suggests that the Athenian relies on the conclusion established earlier in the Laws that we humans take pleasure in harmony and order. Virtuous lives exhibit just such harmony and order and are therefore always more pleasant than and preferable to vicious lives.read more
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Plato Bibliography 2013-2014
TL;DR: The yearbook of Phenomenological Research, Springer as discussed by the authors is a collection of articles from the AnalPhil Analytic Philosophy, on line Anuario Filosofico Revista del Departamento de F. Hist. Filosl Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosophy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Hedonists
TL;DR: The relationship between reason and pleasure was explored by ancient philosophers as discussed by the authors, including Plato, Aristotle, the Epicureans, the Cyrenaics and the Epitropians.
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El Criterio del Placer en las Leyes V 733a-734e
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the argument of Book v appeals to the possibility of choosing pleasure if they are not involved in other criteria of election, and they show that this recourse does not presuppose any kind of hedonism.
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Legislation and Demiurgy: On the Relationship between Plato's "Republic" and "Laws"
TL;DR: The Demiurge in Politics: The Timaeus and the Laws as mentioned in this paper is a parallel between the divine Demiurus of the Timaeus, responsible for the organization of the universe, and the legislator of the Laws, who is responsible for organizing the city-that is, of the city as it should be.
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Plato on Pleasure and the Good Life
TL;DR: Pleasure and the good life: the Euthydemus of Goodnes as discussed by the authors, and the Gorgias, Gorgia, and the Phaedo.