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though they were not aware that it is
the highest pleasure before they were Ill.” “I
remember,” he said. “And do you not hear men afflicted
with severe pain saying that there is no greater pleasure than the cessation
of this suffering?” “I do.” “And you
perceive, I presume, many similar conditions in which men while suffering
pain praise freedom from pain and relief from that as the highest pleasure,
and not positive delight.” “Yes,” he said,
“for this in such cases is perhaps what is felt as pleasurable and
acceptable—peace.”
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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