“ A wise man whispers to me that the pleasures of the wise are true and pure; all others are a shadow only. ”
Plato, The Republic. copy citation
| Author | Plato |
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| Source | The Republic |
| Topic | pleasure shadow |
| Date | |
| Language | English |
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| Note | Translated by Benjamin Jowett |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1497/1497-h/1497-h.htm |
Context
“Next comes the life of ambition, and, in the third place, that of money-making.
Twice has the just man overthrown the unjust—once more, as in an Olympian contest, first offering up a prayer to the saviour Zeus, let him try a fall. A wise man whispers to me that the pleasures of the wise are true and pure; all others are a shadow only. Let us examine this: Is not pleasure opposed to pain, and is there not a mean state which is neither? When a man is sick, nothing is more pleasant to him than health. But this he never found out while he was well.”
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