Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Master's Theses Theses and Dissertations 1942 Plato's Theory of Pleasure William H. Berdan Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses Part of the Philosophy Commons Recommended Citation Berdan, William H., "Plato's Theory of Pleasure" (1942). Master's Theses. 49. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/49 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 1942 William H. Berdan .' PLATO'S THEORY OF PLEASu~ BY WILLIAM H. BERDAN IS. J. f A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of 1Aaster of Arts in Loyola Universit,. August 1942 .' VIU William H. Berdan, S.J. was born in Detroit, 1lichigan, February II, 1915. • He was graduated from St. Charles High School, Detroit, Michigan, June, 1932, and entered Milford Novitiate, Milford, Ohio, September, 1932. From 1936 to 1939 he studied philosophy at West Baden College of Loyola University. The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Greek was conferred by Loyola University, February, 1937. From 1939 to 1942 the writer has been engaged in teaching Latin and Greek in St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. f ·' CHAPTER I ARISTOTLE'S THEORY OF PLEASURE . The purpose of this first ehapte~ f~ merely aa introductory de- lineation of the theory ot pleasure earefUlly worked out DY Aristotle.l The adTaBtage of this initial analysis will consist.