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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / a. Idealistic ethics

13558	The supreme good is harmony of spirit [Seneca]
	Full Idea: The highest good is harmony of spirit.
	From: Seneca the Younger (On the Happy Life [c.60], §08)
	A reaction: This idea is straight from Plato's Republic.

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

5049	Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: An intelligent being's pleasure is simply the perception of beauty, order and perfection.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (A Résumé of Metaphysics [1697], §18)
	A reaction: Leibniz seems to have inherited this from the Greeks, especially Pythagoras and Plato. Buried in Leibniz's remark I see the Christian fear of physical pleasure. He should have got out more. Must an intelligent being always be intelligent?