Basic Problems of Philosophy: Selected ReadingsDaniel J. Bronstein, Yervant Hovhannes Krikorian, Philip Paul Wiener |
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... pleasures , of public honor or fame , of wealth , of intellectual excellence . Is pleasure or the balance of pleasure over pain the only meaning of what is good ? If so , how can we compare or measure pleasures and pains either in ...
... pleasures , of public honor or fame , of wealth , of intellectual excellence . Is pleasure or the balance of pleasure over pain the only meaning of what is good ? If so , how can we compare or measure pleasures and pains either in ...
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... pleasure and pain , as such . It will be admitted , indeed , without much difficulty , that a pleasure as a pleasure , any sort of pleasure , is not of itself artistic ; the pleasure of a drink of water that slakes thirst , or a walk in ...
... pleasure and pain , as such . It will be admitted , indeed , without much difficulty , that a pleasure as a pleasure , any sort of pleasure , is not of itself artistic ; the pleasure of a drink of water that slakes thirst , or a walk in ...
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... pleasure , its distinctive character would be supplied , not by the pleasurable , but by what distinguishes that ... pleasure . The life of this doctrine has consisted of proposing in turn one or another class of pleasures , or several ...
... pleasure , its distinctive character would be supplied , not by the pleasurable , but by what distinguishes that ... pleasure . The life of this doctrine has consisted of proposing in turn one or another class of pleasures , or several ...
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absolute action aesthetic Alcetas Archelaus Aristotle attain axioms beauty become believe body bourgeois bourgeoisie called cause Cleanthes common conception consequences desire Dewey divine doctrine doubt effect ence epistemology eral essence ethical evil existence experience external fact fallibilism feeling freedom G. P. Putnam's Sons happiness Hegel human idea ideal imagination individual intellectual interest intuition JOHN DEWEY judgment kind knowledge liberty living logical Marxist matter means ment merely metaphysical method mind moral nature never nomic notion object observation opinion particular passions perceive perception person philosophy physical Plato pleasure political Polus possible present principle problem proletariat qualities question rational reality reason regard relation religion religious scientific scientific method sense simple social society Socrates soul spirit suppose tariat Theism theology theory things thought Thrasymachus tion true truth understanding universal whole words