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However, I do not agree with either philosopher on their narrow view of the pleasure principle itself.
Pleasure is much more than the basic physical sensation brought about by the senses. Other pleasures can include the mental and/or spiritual satisfaction of performing well at a certain task. Love is a sensation that could bring the pleasure of performing a service that pleases someone else, although not necessarily the self. Self-sacrifice in this sense is about more than simply repressing physical pleasure. Indeed, self-sacrifice as the basis of love rather than fear can bring a sense of pleasure. Seeing the world only in terms of fear, pleasure and its excess is somewhat, as said above, narrow. Furthermore I do not believe that the complexity of the...
Pleasure is therefore much more complex and difficult to define than the above philosophers appear to indicate.
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