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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 Ref
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]