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4019 | Things are good and evil only in reference to pleasure and pain [Locke] |
Full Idea: Things then are good and evil only in reference to pleasure and pain. | |
From: John Locke (Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed) [1694], 2.20.02) | |
A reaction: This is presumably the seeds of utilitarianism, and is evidently at the core of empiricism. In "Gorgias" Socrates explained why it is wrong. |