"Pleasure causes us to do base actions..." - Quote by Aristotle
Pleasure causes us to do base actions and pain causes us to abstain from doing noble actions.
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“A line is not made up of points. ... In the same way, time is not made up parts considered as indivisible 'nows.' Part of Aristotle's reply to Zeno's paradox concerning continuity.”
“The specific excellence of verbal expression in poetry is to be clear without being low.”
“Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.”
More on Pleasure
“Wat a vast fertility of pleasure books hold for me! I went in and found the table laden with books. I looked in and sniffed them all. I could not resist carrying this one off and broaching it. I think I could happily live here and read forever.”
“But what if pleasure and pain should be so closely connected that he who wants the greatest possible amount of the one must also have the greatest possible amount of the other, that he who wants to experience the "heavenly high jubilation," must also be ready to be "sorrowful unto death"?”
“Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.”
More on Pain
“One good thing about music, when it hits-you feel no pain. ... My music fights against the system that teaches to live and die. ... Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen. ... My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever.”
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung.”
“Illness or pain is just an extension of negative emotion. When you are no longer feeling any resistance to it, it's a non-issue.”