Single Idea 376

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure]

Full Idea

Try thinking about the life of pleasure without reason, and the life of reason without pleasure.

Gist of Idea

Would you prefer a life of pleasure without reason, or one of reason without pleasure?

Source

Plato (Philebus [c.354 BCE], 20e)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.67


A Reaction

I suspect that we see the two as more deeply entangled that Plato did. It would be hard to motivate reasoning if we didn't enjoy it. Pleasure without reason sound dire.