more on this theme
|
more from this text
Single Idea 8096
[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure
]
Full Idea
He gives his body up to pleasure, but not his soul.
Gist of Idea
He gives his body up to pleasure, but not his soul
Source
Joseph Joubert (Notebooks [1800], 1799)
Book Ref
Joubert,Joseph: 'Notebooks', ed/tr. Auster,Paul [nyrb 2005], p.51
A Reaction
A rather crucial distinction in the world of hedonism. There seems something sincere about someone who pursues pleasure body and soul, and something fractured about the pursuit of pleasure without real commitment. The split seems possible.
The
15 ideas
from Joseph Joubert
|
8093
|
Seek wisdom rather than truth; it is easier
[Joubert]
|
|
8094
|
The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye
[Joubert]
|
|
8095
|
We must think with our entire body and soul
[Joubert]
|
|
8096
|
He gives his body up to pleasure, but not his soul
[Joubert]
|
|
8097
|
Virtue is hard if we are scorned; we need support
[Joubert]
|
|
8099
|
The truths of reason instruct, but they do not illuminate
[Joubert]
|
|
8098
|
Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has
[Joubert]
|
|
8101
|
To know is to see inside oneself
[Joubert]
|
|
8100
|
Where does the bird's idea of a nest come from?
[Joubert]
|
|
8103
|
A thought is as real as a cannon ball
[Joubert]
|
|
8102
|
We cannot speak against Christianity without anger, or speak for it without love
[Joubert]
|
|
8104
|
What will you think of pleasures when you no longer enjoy them?
[Joubert]
|
|
8105
|
We can't exactly conceive virtue without the idea of God
[Joubert]
|
|
8106
|
In raising a child we must think of his old age
[Joubert]
|
|
8107
|
The love of certainty holds us back in metaphysics
[Joubert]
|