Excerpt from The Works of Plato, Vol. 4: A New and Literal Version, Chiefly From the Text of Stallbaum; Containing Philebus, Charmides, Laches, Menexenus, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, First Alcibiades, Second Alcibiades, Theages, the Rivals, Hipparchus, Minos
Or this rather long, frequently corrupt, and therefore difficult dialogue, the leading Object may be expressed in avery few words. It is to show, that the greatest happiness is to be found, not, as Aristippus, in a lost work, seems to have asserted, in an unlimited indulgence in the pleasures Of the body, nor even in those Of the mind, as laid down by the school Of Pythagoras, but in the temper ate enjoyment Of both, as being the best suited to the mixed nature Of man, made up Of matter and Of mind.
In allusion to a similar union in a moral point Of view Of the Epicurean and Religious systems Of living, Dr. Dodd, when in prison, wrote the following Epigram: Live whilst you live, the Epicure would say, And taste the pleasures of the passing day. Live whilst you live, the sacred preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies. Lord, in my life let both united be; I live to pleasure, if I live to thee.
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