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“There being, then, three kinds of pleasure,
the pleasure of that part of the soul whereby we learn is the sweetest, and
the life of the man in whom that part dominates is the most
pleasurable.” “How could it be otherwise?” he
said. “At any rate the man of intelligence speaks with authority
when he commends his own life.” “And to what life and to
what pleasure,” I said, “does the judge assign the
second place?” “Obviously to that of the warrior and
honor-loving type, for it is nearer to the first than is the life of the
money-maker.” “And so the last place belongs to the
lover of gain, as it seems.” “Surely,” said
he.
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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