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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good
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Good has the same role in the world of knowledge as the sun has in the physical world [Plato]
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2147
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The sight of goodness leads to all that is fine and true and right [Plato]
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2137
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The main aim is to understand goodness, which gives everything its value and advantage [Plato]
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2139
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Every person, and every activity, aims at the good [Plato]
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For Plato we abandon honour and pleasure once we see the Good [Plato, by Taylor,C]
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2144
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Goodness makes truth and knowledge possible [Plato]
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Bad is always destructive, where good preserves and benefits [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / e. Good as knowledge
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2138
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Pleasure is commonly thought to be the good, though the more ingenious prefer knowledge [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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Even people who think pleasure is the good admit that there are bad pleasures [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure
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Nice smells are intensive, have no preceding pain, and no bad after-effect [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
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2134
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Philosophers are concerned with totally non-physical pleasures [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / d. Sources of pleasure
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There are three types of pleasure, for reason, for spirit and for appetite [Plato]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / f. Dangers of pleasure
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Pleasure-seekers desperately seek illusory satisfaction, like filling a leaky vessel [Plato]
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2123
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Excessive pleasure deranges people, making the other virtues impossible [Plato]
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