Platon et les plaisirs de la vertu
Platon et les plaisirs de la vertu

Summary/Abstract: How does Plato conceive the pleasures attendant on the virtuous life? Does he provide a specific account of them? By reading through key passages from Laws book 5, Republic book 9 and the Philebus, I try to assess the way Plato endeavours to demonstrate that the virtuous life is also happy and thereby pleasant. I investigate to what extent these texts put forward any specificity of the pleasures of being virtuous, and how far the account they provide harmonizes with Plato’s general views about pleasure.

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