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According to Plato, the good life is
{ 1 } - impossible in this world.
{ 2 } - a harmony -- whereby the higher rules the lower, with reason and the idea of the Good regulating desires and emotions.
{ 3 } - a life of pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
{ 4 } - a life of contemplation of eternal truths.
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According to Plato, the good life is
{ 1 } - impossible in this world.
{ 2 } - a harmony -- whereby the higher rules the lower, with reason and the idea of the Good regulating desires and emotions.
{ 3 } - a life of pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
{ 4 } - a life of contemplation of eternal truths.
He thought that it was possible.
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According to Plato, the good life is
{ 1 } - impossible in this world.
{ 2 } - a harmony -- whereby the higher rules the lower, with reason and the idea of the Good regulating desires and emotions.
{ 3 } - a life of pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
{ 4 } - a life of contemplation of eternal truths.
This brings happiness.
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According to Plato, the good life is
{ 1 } - impossible in this world.
{ 2 } - a harmony -- whereby the higher rules the lower, with reason and the idea of the Good regulating desires and emotions.
{ 3 } - a life of pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
{ 4 } - a life of contemplation of eternal truths.
This is Epicurus. Plato thought that a selfish pursuit of pleasure hurts us by disorienting our souls.
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According to Plato, the good life is
{ 1 } - impossible in this world.
{ 2 } - a harmony -- whereby the higher rules the lower, with reason and the idea of the Good regulating desires and emotions.
{ 3 } - a life of pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
{ 4 } - a life of contemplation of eternal truths.
Aristotle suggests this.
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