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Single Idea 383

[from 'Nicomachean Ethics' by Aristotle, in 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure ]

Full Idea

God feels one simple pleasure forever.

Gist of Idea

God feels one simple pleasure forever

Source

Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1154b25)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.257


A Reaction

Compare Idea 382.

Related Idea

Idea 382 It is unlikely that the gods feel either pleasure or pain [Plato]