Single Idea 505

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure]

Full Idea

For all men, good and true are the same; but pleasant differs for different men.

Gist of Idea

Good and true are the same for everyone, but pleasures differ

Source

Democritus (attrib) (reports [c.250 BCE], B069)

Book Reference

'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.101


A Reaction

Truth is not 'for' anyone, but there's good-in-itself, and good-for-me. Are there some pleasures we should all enjoy (such as watching our children flourish)?