Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Neel Burton

Quote by Neel Burton

Work

Augustus: Invitation to Philosophy

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Neel Burton
Neel Burton

Neel Burton is an expert in an unknown field, born on June 3, 1978. His biography and contributions are not yet clear, and more information is needed. more

You May Also Like

“If one day I become financially secure, so that I can freely write and publish, I know I'll miss this precarious life in which I hardly write and don't publish at all. I'll miss it not only because it will be a life, however mediocre, that I'll never have again, but also because every sort of life has a special quality and particular pleasure, and when we take up another life, even a better one, that particular pleasure isn't as good, that special quality is less special, until they fade away, and there's something missing.”

“‫السائدُ بوجهٍ عام أنّ مفهومَ مذهب اللّذة يعني نزوعًا لا أخلاقيًّا نحو حياة المتعة، إنْ لم نقُل الرذيلة. هذا، طبعًا، مجانبٌ للصواب. فأبيقور - أكبرُ منظّري اللّذة - فهِمَ الحياةَ السعيدةَ بارتيابٍ تامٍّ، إذ رأى أنّ مَن يشعُرُ باللّذة هو مَن لا يتألّم. الألم - إذًا - هو الفكرةُ الأساس لمبدأ اللّذة‬”