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Full Idea
In philosophy the pleasure accompanies the knowledge. For the enjoyment does not come after the learning but the learning and the enjoyment are simultaneous.
Gist of Idea
In the study of philosophy, pleasure and knowledge arrive simultaneously
Source
Epicurus (Principle Doctrines ('Kuriai Doxai') (frags) [c.290 BCE], 27)
Book Ref
Epicurus: 'The Epicurus Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B. /Gerson,L. [Hackett 1994], p.37