Plato, the Stoics and the Epicureans Views on Pleasure and Pain.

Plato’s believes that the body is nothing but constant distraction to the soul. The five senses, along with pleasure and pain are among the most distracting feature of the body because with them, one cannot search for reality. Plato viewed death as the one release from the body in which the soul is free to search with reality, since it has no contact or association with the body. Plato thinks of pleasure and pain, …

…a few pleasures I do go for that are unnatural and unnecessary(such as the computer I am typing on.) I do think people do not have to live an extravagant life style, such as the pursuit of wealth and power. And I feel all people should get the necessary and natural pleasures fulfilled. I believed this prior to taking any philosophy courses, and I will continue to believe this for some time to come.