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But we hold that in all such cases the thing really is what it appears to be to the good
man. And if this rule is sound, as it is generally held to be, and if the standard of
everything is goodness, or the good man, qua good, then the
things that seem to him to be pleasures are pleasures, and the things he enjoys are
pleasant. Nor need it cause surprise that things
disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable to
many corruptions and diseases, and the things in question are not really pleasant, but
only pleasant to these particular persons, who are in a condition to think them so.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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