I never advise rushing to give up on ethical ideals. Just because some individual, or group, thinks X is good does not mean it actually is so. And while it might be easy to see pleasure as good and finding virtue good more difficult, that does not mean the latter is not the better of the two.
A bit self/centered for my tastes, lol, but also a refreshing counter balance to NE USAs traditional Catholic-Puritan sensibilities which make any pleasure the work of the devil.
Epicurus seemed more concerned to differentiate and rank pleasures with the mental over the physical. He also seemed interested in the sum total of pleasures for all and not just the individual. Third, he cautioned about pleasure whose enjoyment would bring paint. And fourth he seemed to view serenity as the highest pleasure.
I never advise rushing to give up on ethical ideals. Just because some individual, or group, thinks X is good does not mean it actually is so. And while it might be easy to see pleasure as good and finding virtue good more difficult, that does not mean the latter is not the better of the two.
Nicely stated. And I appropriately had two glasses of red wine prior to reading.
Aristippus could have used a few more lessons from the man known for making the weaker argument seem stronger and the stronger argument seem weaker.
Thank you for the history of Cyrenaic hedonism.
Beautiful 😍
A bit self/centered for my tastes, lol, but also a refreshing counter balance to NE USAs traditional Catholic-Puritan sensibilities which make any pleasure the work of the devil.
How about a lil balance, eh?
Compare to Epicurus?
Epicurus seemed more concerned to differentiate and rank pleasures with the mental over the physical. He also seemed interested in the sum total of pleasures for all and not just the individual. Third, he cautioned about pleasure whose enjoyment would bring paint. And fourth he seemed to view serenity as the highest pleasure.