Full Idea
Try thinking about the life of pleasure without reason, and the life of reason without pleasure.
Gist of Idea
Would you prefer a life of pleasure without reason, or one of reason without pleasure?
Source
Plato (Philebus [c.354 BCE], 20e)
Book Reference
Plato: 'Philebus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1982], p.67
A Reaction
I suspect that we see the two as more deeply entangled that Plato did. It would be hard to motivate reasoning if we didn't enjoy it. Pleasure without reason sound dire.