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And it is thought that every animal has its own special pleasure, just as it has its own
special function: namely, the pleasure of exercising that function. This will also appear
if we consider the different animals one by one: the horse, the dog, man, have different
pleasures—as Heracleitus says, an ass would prefer chaff to gold, since to asses
food gives more pleasure than gold. Different species therefore have different kinds of
pleasures. On the other hand it might be supposed that there is no variety among the
pleasures of the same species.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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