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Single Idea 386

[from 'Philebus' by Plato, in 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure ]

Full Idea

Intensity of pleasure and pain is to be found not in a good state of body and soul, but in a worthless one.

Gist of Idea

Intense pleasure and pain are not felt in a good body, but in a worthless one

Source

Plato (Philebus [c.353 BCE], 45e)

Book Reference

Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.112


A Reaction

This just seems to be Plato's puritanism. How can you criticise someone for experience genuine intense pain? Experiencing intense pleasure is no crime, but pursuit of it might be.