Plato, Philebus, section 36c

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[36c] and thought the pain simply was twofold?

Protarchus
Very true, Socrates.

Socrates
Let us make use of our examination of those affections for a particular purpose.

Protarchus
For what purpose?

Socrates
Shall we say that those pleasures and pains are true or false, or that some are true and others not so?

Protarchus
But, Socrates, how can there be false pleasures or pains?

Socrates
But, Protarchus, how can there be true and false fears, or true and false expectations, or true and false opinions?

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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