Full Idea
There are many things which we should be eager to have even if they brought no pleasure with them, e.g. sight, memory, knowledge, and several kinds of excellence.
Gist of Idea
There are many things we would want even if they brought no pleasure
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1174a06)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.318
A Reaction
I think he suggests eyesight, which implies that we want the knowledge that brings. Many things we want give us security, which seems to be an unconscious pleasure.