The Republic · ¶5000
Good, the saving element, 10. 609: —the good = the beautiful, 5. 452 [cp. Lys. 216; Symp. 201 B, 204 E foll.]; the good and pleasure, 6. 505, 509 A [cp. Gorg. 497; Phil. 11, 60 A]; the good superior to essence, ib. 509; the brightest and best of being, 7. 518 D; —absolute good, 6. 507 B; 7. 540 A; —the idea of good, 6. 505, 508; 7. 517, 534; is the highest knowledge, 6. 505; 7. 526 E; nature of, 6. 505, 506; —the child of the good, ib. 506 E, 508: —good things least liable to change, 2. 381; —goods classified, ib. 357, 367 D [cp. Protag. 334; Gorg. 451 E; Phil. 66; Laws 1. 631; 3. 697]; —the goods of life often a temptation, 6. 491 E, 495 A.Read in context ›
Plato · translated by Benjamin Jowett · composite transcription based on the 1888 third edition
Benjamin Jowett, revised third edition (1888), with Stephanus numbering from the 1908 edition; composite transcription, Project Gutenberg #55201
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