Full Idea
I would rather go mad than experience pleasure.
Gist of Idea
I would rather go mad than experience pleasure
Source
Antisthenes (Ath) (fragments/reports [c.405 BCE]), quoted by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 06.3
Book Reference
Vlastos,Gregory: 'Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher' [CUP 1992], p.208
A Reaction
Did he actually prefer pain? If both experiences would drive him mad, it seems like a desire for death. I cannot understand why anyone is opposed to harmless pleasures.