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Full Idea
I'm sure you know the list of human advantages in the party song: 'The very best is health, Second good looks, and third honest wealth'.
Gist of Idea
The popular view is that health is first, good looks second, and honest wealth third
Source
Plato (Gorgias [c.387 BCE], 451e)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Gorgias', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP World's Classics 1994], p.11
A Reaction
This invites the obvious question of why anyone wants these three things, with the implied answer of 'pleasure'. But we might want them even if we couldn't use them, implying pluralism.