Unsatisfied Socrates over satisfied pigs

• The original form is “I prefer an unsatisfied man to a satisfied pig, and an unsatisfied Socrates to a satisfied fool.

  • It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

  • The Project Gutenberg eBook of Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill.
    • WHAT UTILITARIANISM IS

• John Stuart mill.

  • Introduce a qualitative perspective to [utilitarianism
  • The position of questioning “the happiness of the many is right.”
    • 「 GBM 」 bentham (Bentham’s root beer)
    • Is it really right that there are so many complacent fools? The question is "Is it really right that there are so many [complacent fools]?

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