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own life in the process , then we have no less an authority than Aristotle to the effect that the " good man . . . would prefer a short period of intense pleasure for a long run of mild enjoyment , a twelvemonth of noble life to many ...
own life in the process , then we have no less an authority than Aristotle to the effect that the " good man . . . would prefer a short period of intense pleasure for a long run of mild enjoyment , a twelvemonth of noble life to many ...
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“ 2 • 78 However , the division between higher and lower pleasures has been challenged , not by crass sensualists ... 3 Bentham categorically affirms that " quantity of pleasure being equal , ' push - pin ' is as good as poetry .
“ 2 • 78 However , the division between higher and lower pleasures has been challenged , not by crass sensualists ... 3 Bentham categorically affirms that " quantity of pleasure being equal , ' push - pin ' is as good as poetry .
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Of two pleasures , if there be one to which all or most all who have experienced both give a decided preference , irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it , that is the more desirable pleasure . ... even though ...
Of two pleasures , if there be one to which all or most all who have experienced both give a decided preference , irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it , that is the more desirable pleasure . ... even though ...
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| Title | The Ethical in the Jewish and American Heritage Volume 4 of Moreshet series : studies in Jewish history, literature and thought Volume 4 of Moreshet series |
| Author | Simon Greenberg |
| Publisher | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0873340027, 9780873340021 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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