Single Idea 382

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

Full Idea

It is unlikely that the gods feel pleasure or the opposite.

Gist of Idea

It is unlikely that the gods feel either pleasure or pain

Source

Plato (Philebus [c.354 BCE], 33b)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.88


A Reaction

Compare Idea 383.

Related Idea

Idea 383 God feels one simple pleasure forever [Aristotle]