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Book I Chapter 50 · I.50.28–I.50.30
Ancient Greek
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Ἐπίκουρος τῶν αἰσθητῶν ⟨τὰς⟩ ἡδονὰς ἤδη καὶ τὰς λύπας.
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Οἱ Περιπατητικοὶ τῶν νοητῶν· οὐ γὰρ πᾶσι φαίνεται τὰ αὐτὰ ἡδέα τε καὶ λυπηρὰ καθάπερ λευκά τε καὶ μέλανα.
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Χρύσιππος τὸ μὲν γενικὸν ἡδὺ νοητόν, τὸ δὲ εἰδικὸν καὶ προσπῖπτον ἤδη αἰσθητόν.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 50
p. 160128 · Pleasures and pains as perceptible
Epicurus counts ⟨the⟩ pleasures, and pains as well, among perceptible things.1941
29 · Pleasures and pains as objects of thought
The Peripatetics count them among objects of thought; for the same things do not appear pleasant and painful to everyone, as they do white and black.1942
30 · Pleasure in general and in particular
Chrysippus holds that the pleasant in general is an object of thought, but the particular pleasant thing that impinges upon us is perceptible.1943
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