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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure

4376	Pleasure and pain are perceptions of things as good or bad [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: To experience pleasure or pain is to be active with the perceptive mean in relation to good or bad as such.
	From: Aristotle (De Anima [c.329 BCE], 431a10)
	A reaction: A bizarre view which is interesting, but strikes me as wrong. We are drawn towards pleasure, but judgement can pull us away again, and 'good' is in the judgement, not in the feeling.