tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30379986.post5769401177500889651..comments2023-12-10T07:55:27.177+00:00Comments on kenodoxia: Another Cyrenaic titbitJames Warrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262258553733864003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30379986.post-35217537043257278862009-07-06T15:22:22.360+01:002009-07-06T15:22:22.360+01:00Dear Chris
Sorry to push the boundaries a bit... ...Dear Chris<br /><br />Sorry to push the boundaries a bit... I'm not sure where my intuitions are on this (or whether I'd share them in public!) but it's certainly an interesting question -- and also interesting that the Cyrenaics thought such points worth addressing.<br /><br />JamesJames Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262258553733864003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30379986.post-87488450795929603592009-07-06T13:23:19.875+01:002009-07-06T13:23:19.875+01:00This has provoked some very lively discussion amon...This has provoked some very lively discussion amongst my would-be A2 philosophers James! I hasten to add that this has been spotted by an assiduous student and passed round, rather than being recommended by me! It's also on the borders of what I feel comfortable discussing with 17 yar olds, but that's just my professional prudery.<br />For what it's worth, the general concensus of my students is that the lack of sight can act as a kind of intensifier (one student cited Daredevil as an example) for the other senses, and that the intensification of an intense (pleasurable) experience is surely a good thing. On the other hand, the recording of such an experience for replaying and future enjoyment is not (in their opinion) a danger as it would lead to more and perhaps unfulfilled desire. Actually it's a good thing for two reasons. Firstly it prolongs the pleasure and so increases the pleasure generated by a single event. Secondly one wag suggested that a review of one's performance facilites a kind of positive habituation, in that the technique can be improved upon on a future occasion, and thereby increase the future level of pleasure generated by another future single event. All great fun, thanks very much!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565223091206087187noreply@blogger.com