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Book I Chapter 47 · I.47.13.2
Ancient Greek
p. 93813.2
Οὐκοῦν δημόσιά που καὶ περιφανῆ ῥᾷστον συννοεῖν;
Ποῖα;
Πείνη μέν που ⟨λύπη⟩ καὶ λύσις.
Ναί.
Ἐδωδὴ δὲ πλήρωσις γιγνομένη πάλιν ἡδονή.
Ναί.
Δίψος δ᾽ αὖ φθορὰ καὶ λύπη καὶ λύσις, ἡ δὲ τοῦ ὑγροῦ πάλιν τὸ ξηρανθὲν πληροῦσα δύναμις ἡδονή· διάκρισις δὲ τ᾽ αὖ καὶ διάλυσις παρὰ φύσιν, τοῦ πνίγους πάθη, λύπη· κατὰ φύσιν δὲ πάλιν ἀπόδοσίς τε καὶ ψῦξις ἡδονή.
Πάνυ μὲν οὖν.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 47
p. 93913.2 · Hunger, thirst, and heat
“Surely common and obvious examples are easiest to understand?”
“Which ones?”
“Hunger is, I take it, ⟨pain⟩ and dissolution.”
“Yes.”
“Eating, by replenishing us, is in turn pleasure.”
“Yes.”
“Thirst, again, is damage, pain, and dissolution; the power of moisture to refill what has dried out is pleasure. Unnatural separation and dissolution, the effects of stifling heat, are pain; restoration to nature and cooling are pleasure.”
“Certainly.”1208
Socrates
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