Full Idea
My contention is that reason, intellect, memory - along with correct belief and true calculation - are far better than pleasure for all creatures capable of attaining them.
Gist of Idea
Reason, memory, truth and wisdom are far better than pleasure, for those who can attain them
Source
Plato (Philebus [c.354 BCE], 11b)
Book Reference
Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.51
A Reaction
Why? Is it better to understand deeply, or to act well? Can we just say there is objective good and subjective good, and they have little in common? Depressed heroes.