Plato, Philebus, section 45a

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[45a] but at those which are considered most extreme and intense.

Protarchus
Every one would agree to that now.

Socrates
And the commonest and greatest pleasures are, as we have often said, those connected with the body, are they not?

Protarchus
Certainly.

Socrates
Are they greater, then, and do they become greater in those who are ill or in those who are in health? Let us take care not to answer hastily and fall into error. Perhaps we might say they are greater

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by Harold N. Fowler. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.

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