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- The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Hedonists
- The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Hedonists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction: the pleasures of reason
- Chapter 2 Plato on the pleasures and pains of knowing
- Chapter 3 Aristotle on the pleasures of learning and knowing
- Chapter 4 Epicurus and Plutarch on pleasure and human nature
- Chapter 5 Measuring future pleasures in Plato’s Protagoras and Philebus
- Chapter 6 Anticipation, character, and piety in Plato’s Philebus
- Chapter 7 Aristotle on the pleasures and pains of memory
- Chapter 8 Epicureans and Cyrenaics on anticipating and recollecting pleasures
- Chapter 9 Epilogue
- References
- Index locorum
- Subject index
Chapter 5 - Measuring future pleasures in Plato’s Protagoras and Philebus
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2014
- The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Hedonists
- The Pleasures of Reason in Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic Hedonists
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction: the pleasures of reason
- Chapter 2 Plato on the pleasures and pains of knowing
- Chapter 3 Aristotle on the pleasures of learning and knowing
- Chapter 4 Epicurus and Plutarch on pleasure and human nature
- Chapter 5 Measuring future pleasures in Plato’s Protagoras and Philebus
- Chapter 6 Anticipation, character, and piety in Plato’s Philebus
- Chapter 7 Aristotle on the pleasures and pains of memory
- Chapter 8 Epicureans and Cyrenaics on anticipating and recollecting pleasures
- Chapter 9 Epilogue
- References
- Index locorum
- Subject index
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014