Plato, Philebus, section 60b

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[60b] but two in fact as in name, that the good and the pleasant differ from one another in nature, and that wisdomÕs share in the good is greater than pleasureÕs. Is not and was not that what was said, Protarchus?

Protarchus
Yes, certainly.

Socrates
And furthermore, is not and was not this a point of agreement among us?

Protarchus
What?

Socrates
That the nature of the good differs from all else in this respect.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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