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Full Idea
Good should be the goal of pleasant activities, rather than pleasure being the goal of good activities.
Gist of Idea
Good should be the aim of pleasant activity, not the other way round
Source
Plato (Gorgias [c.378 BCE], 500a)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Gorgias', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP World's Classics 1994], p.93
A Reaction
Nice. Not far off what Aristotle says on the topic. So what activities should we seek out? Narrow the pleasures down to the good ones, or narrow the good ones down to the pleasurable?