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Full Idea
Callicles: Nature says the only authentic way of life is to do nothing to hinder or restrain the expansion of one's desires.
Clarification
'Nature' is the Greek word 'physis'
Gist of Idea
Is it natural to simply indulge our selfish desires?
Source
Plato (Gorgias [c.387 BCE], 491e)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Gorgias', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP World's Classics 1994], p.79
A Reaction
Sounds like the natural desires of a young single man. Parents and spouses have natural desires that focus on other people's desires.