Alexander Nehamas Quote

For Socrates, virtue was nothing but its own pursuit. And only the promise of happiness is happiness itself.


Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art (2010), p. 138.


For Socrates, virtue was nothing but its own pursuit. And only the promise of happiness is happiness itself.

For Socrates, virtue was nothing but its own pursuit. And only the promise of happiness is happiness itself.

For Socrates, virtue was nothing but its own pursuit. And only the promise of happiness is happiness itself.

For Socrates, virtue was nothing but its own pursuit. And only the promise of happiness is happiness itself.