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Single Idea 240

[from 'The Laws' by Plato, in 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure ]

Full Idea

It would be strange if the gods gave the greatest rewards in heaven to those who led the most pleasant life, rather than the most just.

Gist of Idea

It would be strange if the gods rewarded those who experienced the most pleasure in life

Source

Plato (The Laws [c.348 BCE], 662c)

Book Reference

Plato: 'The Laws', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1970], p.99


A Reaction

All of philosophy is just footnotes to Plato.... See Idea 1454.

Related Idea

Idea 1454 Morality is not about making ourselves happy, but about being worthy of happiness [Kant]