See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from See also:

• LAT

Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)  , a See also:

• TERM

term used loosely in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language as practically synonymous with " enjoyment." As such it is applied equally to what are known as the " higher " or " intellectual " pleasures, and to purely " sensual," " See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal " or " See also:

• LOWER

lower " pleasures . The conditions under which a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man is pleased are the subject both or psychological and of ethical investigation . In See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general it may be said that See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure and See also:

• PAIN (from Lat. poena, Gr. robin, penalty, that which must be paid: O. Fr. peine)
• PAIN, BARRY (1867– )

pain follow respectively upon the success of the failure of some effort, See also:

• MENTAL

mental or See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical (see See also:

• PSYCHOLOGY
• PSYCHOLOGY (>Guxrl, the mind or soul, and X yos, theory)

PSYCHOLOGY); they may also attend upon purely passive sensations, e.g. a warm See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun, a heavy shower, or upon associations with previous states of mind (i.e. a man may enjoy a sensation which is intrinsically painful, if it has pleasant associations) . Recognition of the fact that mankind seeks pleasure and avoids pain has led some moralists to the conclusion that all human conduct is actuated by hedonic considerations: this is the See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• ANTITHESIS (the Greek for " setting opposite ")

antithesis to ethical theories which maintain an See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute criterion of right and wrong (see See also:

• HEDONISM (Gr. i bovit, pleasure, from ?) (s, sweet, pleasant)

HEDONISM; See also:

• ETHICS
• ETHICS, SHAFTESBURY, HOBBES

ETHICS) . See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle took a See also:

• MIDDLE

middle view, holding that pleasure, though not the end of virtuous See also:

• ACTION

action yet necessarily follows upon it (E7re'yevbµevbv rl i-iXoc) .