It is Better to be a Human Being

"It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other side to the comparison knows both sides." (IP3 583b)


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Richard Lee, rlee@uark.edu, last modified: 26 September 2004