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Natural and Neutral States in Plato's Philebus (2011)

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In the Philebus, Plato claims that there exists a natural state of organic harmony in which a living organism is neither restored nor depleted. In contrast to many scholars, I argue that this natural state of organic stability differs from a neutral state between pleasure and pain that Plato also discusses in the dialogue: the natural is without any changes to the organism, the neutral is merely without the perception of these changes. I contend that Plato considers the natural state to be unobtainable by human beings, who can only achieve its closest approximation, namely, the neutral state.

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Description On Plato's claim regarding a natural state of organic harmony in a living organism.


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Authors & Contributors
Adamson, Peter
Bos, Jacques
Casagrande, Carla
Garson, Justin
Hankinson, Robert James
Heyking, John von
Journals
Apeiron: Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science
Ancient Philosophy
History of the Human Sciences
Arabic Sciences and Philosophy
HOPOS
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
University of Pennsylvania
SISMEL edizioni del Galluzzo
University Press of America
Concepts
Psychology
Philosophy
Pain
Physiology
Soul (philosophy)
Pleasure
People
Plato
Galen
Socrates
Abélard, Pierre
Albertus Magnus
Aristotle
Time Periods
Ancient
11th century
Medieval
Early modern
Places
Greece
Rome (Italy)
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