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Headword: Ἡδονή
Adler number: eta,98
Translated headword: pleasure
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
[Pleasure is] the state which is impure and natural, the state about which Epicurus[1] used to express his opinion, when putting forward that pleasure is the end of all things. That is, the very first good, which is god.
Greek Original:
Ἡδονή: ἡ ἀκάθαρτος καὶ ἡ φυσικὴ κατάστασις, ἣν Ἐπίκουρος ἐδογμάτιζε, τέλος παντὸς πράγματος τὴν ἡδονὴν εἶναι τιθέμενος. τουτέστι τὸ πρώτιστον ἀγαθόν, ὅ ἐστι θεός.
Notes:
cf. generally eta 97, eta 99.
[1] Epicurus: epsilon 2404, epsilon 2405, epsilon 2406.
Keywords: definition; philosophy; religion
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 12 December 2003@11:44:47.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (modified translation) on 12 December 2003@21:43:02.
David Whitehead (x-refs and another keyword; cosmetics) on 16 December 2003@02:57:38.
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