Dialogue

 1 Phileb|           pleasure, true and false opinion, the nature of the good,
 2 Phileb|      fourth, to knowledge and true opinion; the fifth, to pure pleasures;
 3 Phileb|          mathematical, are akin to opinion rather than to reason, and
 4 Phileb|          memory, recollection, and opinion which indicates a great
 5 Phileb|    pleasures associated with right opinion, and others with falsehood
 6 Phileb|        nature of this association.~Opinion is based on perception,
 7 Phileb|          ones. And as there may be opinion about things which are not,
 8 Phileb|          and will not be, which is opinion still, so there may be pleasure
 9 Phileb|          false, can pleasure, like opinion, be vicious. Against this
10 Phileb|           because based upon false opinion, but are themselves false.
11 Phileb|           occupied with matters of opinion, and with the production
12 Phileb|          by the legislator, by the opinion of the world. Whatever may
13 Phileb|    weakened by the force of public opinion. They may be corrected and
14 Phileb|         The habit of the mind, the opinion of the world, familiarizes
15 Phileb|            of our own, or with the opinion of the public, are hardly
16 Phileb|           is to be attributed this opinion which has been often entertained
17 Phileb|            no great difference, of opinion about the right and wrong
18 Phileb|           with common language and opinion, does not comply adequately
19 Phileb|   inevitable analysis. Even in the opinion of ‘her admirers she has
20 Phileb|    sanctioned by custom and public opinion.~Lastly, if we turn to the
21 Phileb| Thrasymachus adapted to the public opinion of modern times.~There is
22 Phileb|       virtue, knowledge, and right opinion.~Fourthly, the external
23 Phileb|           and their kindred, right opinion and true reasoning, are
24 Phileb|         these goods, which in your opinion are to be designated as
25 Phileb|            nor knowledge, nor true opinion, you would in the first
26 Phileb|             and if you had no true opinion you would not think that
27 Phileb|            can be no difference of opinion; not some but all would
28 Phileb|     enquire into the truth of your opinion?~PROTARCHUS: I think that
29 Phileb|          arisen about pleasure and opinion. Is there such a thing as
30 Phileb|           Is there such a thing as opinion?~PROTARCHUS: Yes.~SOCRATES:
31 Phileb|  PROTARCHUS: Yes.~SOCRATES: And an opinion must be of something?~PROTARCHUS:
32 Phileb|          SOCRATES: And whether the opinion be right or wrong, makes
33 Phileb|    difference; it will still be an opinion?~PROTARCHUS: Certainly.~
34 Phileb|            SOCRATES: Then, how can opinion be both true and false,
35 Phileb|        only, although pleasure and opinion are both equally real?~PROTARCHUS:
36 Phileb|            SOCRATES: You mean that opinion admits of truth and falsehood,
37 Phileb|           hence becomes not merely opinion, but opinion of a certain
38 Phileb|            not merely opinion, but opinion of a certain quality; and
39 Phileb|       pleasure and pain as well as opinion have qualities, for they
40 Phileb|           we should speak of a bad opinion or of a bad pleasure?~PROTARCHUS:
41 Phileb|            we not speak of a right opinion or right pleasure; and in
42 Phileb|          might we not say that the opinion, being erroneous, is not
43 Phileb|            appears to accompany an opinion which is not true, but false?~
44 Phileb|             as we were saying, the opinion is false, but no one could
45 Phileb|           is associated with right opinion and knowledge, and that
46 Phileb|          also such a thing as true opinion?~PROTARCHUS: Yes.~SOCRATES:
47 Phileb|          these—upon true and false opinion, I mean.~PROTARCHUS: Very
48 Phileb|         true.~SOCRATES: And do not opinion and the endeavour to form
49 Phileb|           the endeavour to form an opinion always spring from memory
50 Phileb|             and what was before an opinion, has now become a proposition.~
51 Phileb|            writes truly, then true opinion and true propositions which
52 Phileb|       which are the expressions of opinion come into our souls—but
53 Phileb|        allow that a man who had an opinion at all had a real opinion,
54 Phileb|          opinion at all had a real opinion, but often about things
55 Phileb|            was the source of false opinion and opining; am I not right?~
56 Phileb|         Protarchus; but this is an opinion which should be well assured,
57 Phileb|          be to assert the opposite opinion.~SOCRATES: I mentioned anger,
58 Phileb|        with the maintainers of the opinion that all pleasures are a
59 Phileb|           preceded, I should be of opinion that they were severally
60 Phileb|        engaged in them make use of opinion, and are resolutely engaged
61 Phileb|        investigation of matters of opinion? Even he who supposes himself
62 Phileb|      wisdom and knowledge and true opinion to belong to the same class,
63 Phileb|            without wisdom? I am of opinion that they would certainly
64 Phileb|          behalf of memory and true opinion?~PROTARCHUS: Most certainly.~