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Single Idea 385

[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure ]

Full Idea

Living beings experience pleasures and pains which seem, and indeed are, false.

Gist of Idea

Some of the pleasures and pains we feel are false

Source

Plato (Philebus [c.353 BCE], 42c)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.106

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A Reaction

The idea that there are 'authentic' pleasures and pains needs some investigation. Misguided anger is a false pain? Vanity is a false pleasure?