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Full Idea
'Do you mean by good those things that are beneficial to men?' 'Not only those. I call some things which are not beneficial good as well'.
Gist of Idea
Some things are good even though they are not beneficial to men
Source
Plato (Protagoras [c.380 BCE], 333e)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Protagoras and Meno', ed/tr. Guthrie,W K C [Penguin 1956], p.67
A Reaction
Examples needed, but this would be bad news for utilitarians. Good health is not seen as beneficial if it is taken for granted. Not being deaf.
188 | Socrates did not believe that virtue could be taught [Plato] |
189 | If we punish wrong-doers, it shows that we believe virtue can be taught [Plato] |
190 | If asked whether justice itself is just or unjust, you would have to say that it is just [Plato] |
191 | Everything resembles everything else up to a point [Plato] |
192 | Only one thing can be contrary to something [Plato] |
193 | Some things are good even though they are not beneficial to men [Plato] |
20184 | The only real evil is loss of knowledge [Plato] |
197 | Some pleasures are not good, and some pains are not evil [Plato] |
20185 | The most important things in life are wisdom and knowledge [Plato] |
200 | People tend only to disapprove of pleasure if it leads to pain, or prevents future pleasure [Plato] |
202 | No one willingly and knowingly embraces evil [Plato] |
203 | Courage is knowing what should or shouldn't be feared [Plato] |
204 | Socrates is contradicting himself in claiming virtue can't be taught, but that it is knowledge [Plato] |