Feeling Philosophical!
"It is better to be a human being unsatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates unsatisfied than a fool satisfied."
- John Stuart Mill in Utilitarianism (1863).
posted by thisismarcus @ 16:19
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2 Comments:
I had to do an essay on that quote once, I was the only one in my seminar that thought being a satisfied pig was the better option...
As happy as Immanuel Kant after he'd just been blown by Crown Princess Wilhelmina of Sweden, maybe, but otherwise... nah.
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