Volume 4

The works of Plato. A new and literal version, chiefly from the text of Stallbaum ... By Henry Cary [vol. II, Henry Davis, vols. III-VI, George Burges] / [Plato].

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1848-1854
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    and that to those who are able to partake, it is of all things the most advantageous (so to partake), and not only to those (al¬ ready existing), but to those who are to come. Say ^ we not, Philebus, each of us thus ? Phil. Most assuredly, Socrates. [2.] Soc. Do you then, Protarchus, receive the view thus given of the questions ? Prot. I must receive it. For Philebus, the handsome,® shrinks from speaking. Soc. By every means then the truth respecting those ques¬ tions must be arrived at. Prot. It must indeed. Soc. Come then, let us in addition to these points agree in this. Prot. In what ? Soc. That each of us should endeavour to set forth some habit and disposition ^ of the soul, which is able to procure for every man a happy life. Is it not so ? Prot. It is so. Soc. You then assert it is that of rejoicing; we, of thinking rightly. Prot. Such is the fact. [3.] Soc. But what if there should appear some other (habit) superior to both of these ? Should we not, if it ap¬ peared more related to pleasure, be both of us vanquished by a life, which possesses those very things firmly; and a life of pleasure would be superior to one of intellect ? Prot> Yes. Soc. But if (that superior state be more nearly allied®) to ^ Instead of Ast would read i\kyo}iev, from “ diximus” in Fi- cin. Stalb. is content with Xeyofiev. ® Although the word kuXoq is frequently applied as a compliment, either real or pretended, to persons who either were, or fancied themselves to be, handsome, yet here one can hardly perceive its beauty. Ficinus has “ Philebus noster,” which is far more intelligible. ’’ Instead of avr^v Sydenham suggested answering to “nos¬ trum ” in Ficinus. And so the three oldest MSS, But in anrwv some¬ thing lies hid. Two MSS, omit both r//ia)y and avrSjv. ® According to Aristotle in Categor. ^ vi., and Metaphys. iv. 19, by is meant a permanent habit, and by didOecrig a transient disposition of the soul. S. ^ Ficinus has, “ Sin autem sapientiae sit propinquior,” as if from his MS. ’'Av ds ys (ppovrjaei jxdXXov ^vyyevyg, or from his own head.