Ideas from 'Constitutional Code I' by Jeremy Bentham [1827], by Theme Structure

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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure
Prejudice apart, push-pin has equal value with music and poetry
                        Full Idea: Prejudice apart, the game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and science of music and poetry.
                        From: Jeremy Bentham (Constitutional Code I [1827], p.139), quoted by J.R. Dinwiddy - Bentham p.114
                        A reaction: Mill quoted this with implied outrage, but Bentham was attacking public subsidies to the arts when he said it. It is a basic idea in the debate on pleasure - that pleasures are only distinguished by their intensity, not some other value.