A History of Greek Philosophy: (1969) : The fifth-century enlightenmentCambridge University Press, 1962 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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... pleasure . This warns us plainly that the introduction of the gods is not to be taken seriously , but can be stripped away as adorn- ment to the tale . Plato knew well that Protagoras was a religious More to the point is Moschion's ...
... pleasure . This warns us plainly that the introduction of the gods is not to be taken seriously , but can be stripped away as adorn- ment to the tale . Plato knew well that Protagoras was a religious More to the point is Moschion's ...
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... pleasure enabled him to escape the consequences of his acts . It would completely obliterate the distinction between ... pleasurable wickedness . Goodness , or justice , is never practised from choice , but only from necessity , under ...
... pleasure enabled him to escape the consequences of his acts . It would completely obliterate the distinction between ... pleasurable wickedness . Goodness , or justice , is never practised from choice , but only from necessity , under ...
Page 105
... pleasure and the good , then drives him from his position by shock tactics until he makes a shameless volte - face and says he has not been in earnest : of course he believes that some pleasures are good and others bad . Here then at ...
... pleasure and the good , then drives him from his position by shock tactics until he makes a shameless volte - face and says he has not been in earnest : of course he believes that some pleasures are good and others bad . Here then at ...
Page 108
... law , on nature's own principle of maximizing one's personal pleasure and comfort and minimizing pain and inconvenience . Cf. p . 290 below . Antiphon : Follow Nature not Law the legal sense is 108 The ' Nomos ' - ' Physis ' Antithesis.
... law , on nature's own principle of maximizing one's personal pleasure and comfort and minimizing pain and inconvenience . Cf. p . 290 below . Antiphon : Follow Nature not Law the legal sense is 108 The ' Nomos ' - ' Physis ' Antithesis.
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... pleasures , and what is truly beneficial ought to help , not harm . It cannot be said that what causes pain is more beneficial than what brings pleasure ... [ gap of seven lines in the papyrus ] ... those who , though they defend them ...
... pleasures , and what is truly beneficial ought to help , not harm . It cannot be said that what causes pain is more beneficial than what brings pleasure ... [ gap of seven lines in the papyrus ] ... those who , though they defend them ...
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