Sunday, February 21, 2016

Pleasure's

How can something give us long lasting pleasure in life? I don't think anything can honestly give us long lasting pleasure. From time to time everything will be going well in my life and I feel a lot pleasure. Emotionally I am so happy that everything is going great and I can express that pleasure to everyone around me. The things that are making me feel this way are everything around me. My family, boyfriend, co-workers, school; all of it comes together and it makes my day a good day. When the sun is out and there is a nice breeze sitting outside gives me pleasure. Soaking up the sun and seeing the clouds move that makes my day. From the textbook, "Aristippus asserted that because sensory pleasures are more intense than mental or emotional ones, they are the best of all", (Soccio, 160).  When I came across this text in the book I agreed with what he had to say. I could relate to his idea that sensory pleasures are the best.


In the same chapter I also came across the texts of Epicurus. He also made some remarks about pleasures in life. It stated, “Neither life nor death is good or bad in itself, Epicurus said; only the quality of our pleasures or pains is important”, (Soccio 162). By what he is saying, how is quailty better? The quality of pleasure is not something that I would even think about. I don’t think of the quality of the sun when I think about going outside to sit. I don’t think about quality when day dreaming about going on vacation. Pleasure shouldn’t be thought of as a quality.

When thinking about a pleasure you think about what is making you feel good. When you know what is making you feel good for instance the sun, no one would think about the quality of what it’s giving you.