2005-05-29

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 

2 Comments:

Blogger The Paranoid Mod said...

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...

09:20  
Blogger The Paranoid Mod said...

As happy as Immanuel Kant after he'd just been blown by Crown Princess Wilhelmina of Sweden, maybe, but otherwise... nah.

17:33  

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