Sunday, August 03, 2014

 

Life is Sweet, Brother

Aristotle, Politics 3.4.3 (1278 b 27-30, tr. H. Rackham):
It is clear that the mass of mankind cling to life at the cost of enduring much suffering, which shows that life contains some measure of well-being and of sweetness in its essential nature.

δῆλον δ' ὡς καρτεροῦσι πολλὴν κακοπάθειαν οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γλιχόμενοι τοῦ ζῆν, ὡς ἐνούσης τινὸς εὐημερίας ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ γλυκύτητος φυσικῆς.
Related post: Is Life Worth Living?



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