PHL100Y1 Lecture Notes - Diplopia, Endangerment
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Good fortune may pass, but by the same token so does adverse. The fleeting goods of fortune (2. 4. 25-29): the second wave" of therapy offers three arguments ephemeral goods cannot provide happiness, first argument. A good that cannot be taken away is better than one that can be taken away. The goods of fortune can all be taken away. Therefore: the goods of fortune cannot provide happiness: an obvious objection might be that (2) is flawed, since there might not be any good that cannot be taken away. King thinks that this could just be resignation to death not: hence the goods fortune can"t make anyone happy, since their loss need happiness not make on sad. 3. 1-7: lady philosophy now starts on the most aggressive therapy, arguing that the traditional goods of fortune are each failures, they promise what they are intrinsically incapable of delivering, wealth.
