No life is good

The Philosophers' Magazine 53 (53):62-66 (2011)
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The worst pains seem to be worse than the best pleasures are good. Anybody who doubts this should consider what choice they would make if they wereoffered the option of securing an hour of the most sublime pleasures possible in exchange for suffering an hour of the worst pain possible.

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10.5840/tpm20115375

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