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Full Idea
Would you, Protarchus, gladly live your whole life experiencing only the greatest pleasure? Would you think you were still lacking anything?
Gist of Idea
If you lived a life of maximum pleasure, would you still be lacking anything?
Source
Plato (Philebus [c.353 BCE], 21a)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.67
A Reaction
the pleasure machine problem