Fragment 4
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If happiness consisted in the pleasures of the body, we should call oxen happy whenever they come across bitter vetch to eat.
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[ Hide commentary ]This fragment has only been preserved in Latin. It does not bear any relation to any of the other fragments we do possess; it sounds more like a Platonic or Aristotelian contrast between the pleasures of the body and the pleasures of the rational soul. For these reasons, most scholars treat this fragment with caution.