Dialogue

 1 Phileb|           The various uses of the word ‘mixed,’ for the mixed life,
 2 Phileb|       best expressed to us by the word ‘law.’ It is that which
 3 Phileb|           to one another. For the word ‘measure’ he now substitutes
 4 Phileb|            he now substitutes the word ‘symmetry,’ as if intending
 5 Phileb|          the discussion: the same word is now supposed to include
 6 Phileb|          in another mould; or the word ‘pleasure’ has been associated
 7 Phileb|           metaphorical use of the word is justified by custom (
 8 Phileb|       should we make an ambiguous word the corner-stone of moral
 9 Phileb|            and the meaning of the word becomes indistinguishable
10 Phileb|           the associations of the word are altered; we seem to
11 Phileb|          Without Bentham, a great word in the history of philosophy
12 Phileb|          happiness under the same word. There is no harm in this
13 Phileb|   extension of the meaning, but a word which admits of such an
14 Phileb|       right (and in that case the word ‘right’ is plainer), we
15 Phileb|         become sacred to us,—‘the word of God’ written on the human
16 Phileb|    adhering to the meaning of the word.~Again: the higher the view
17 Phileb|          about the meaning of the word. Still less can they impart
18 Phileb|     happiness. The meaning of the word is always insensibly slipping
19 Phileb| fundamental uncertainty about the word vitiates all the applications
20 Phileb|        may be summed up under the word ‘duty,’ or with the Stoical ‘
21 Phileb|    Religion, like happiness, is a word which has great influence
22 Phileb|     together, in and out of every word which is uttered, and that
23 Phileb|           know the meaning of the word?~PROTARCHUS: Yes.~SOCRATES:
24 Phileb|         better have a preliminary word and refresh our memories?~
25 Phileb|           proclaim everywhere, by word of mouth to this company,