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Full Idea
Neither pleasure nor intellect comprises the good. If it did it would have to be sufficient and perfect.
Gist of Idea
The good must be sufficient and perfect, and neither intellect nor pleasure are that
Source
Plato (Philebus [c.353 BCE], 22b)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.69
A Reaction
Seems sensible. I can't make sense of any vision of the good which consists of suppressing some aspect of human nature. (Hm. Our capacity for violence?)