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Full Idea
For epicureans, the only genuine pleasure there is is the pleasure of existing.
Gist of Idea
The pleasure of existing is the only genuine pleasure
Source
Pierre Hadot (Philosophy as a way of life [1987], 3.1)
Book Ref
Hadot,Pierre: 'Philosophy as a Way of Life', ed/tr. Davidson,Arnold I. [Blackwell 1995], p.87
A Reaction
I don't know Hadot's source for this claim, but it is a nice idea, which I shall endeavour to incorporate into my own attitude to daily living. I'm not quite clear, though, why the pleasure of music is not a 'genuine' one.