- Whether pleasure causes thirst or desire for itself?
Whether pleasure causes thirst or desire for itself?
Objections
❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that pleasure does not cause desire for itself. Because all movement ceases when repose is reached. But pleasure is, as it were, a certain repose of the movement of desire, as stated above (Question [23], Article [4]; Question [25], Article [2]). Therefore the movement of desire ceases when pleasure is reached. Therefore pleasure does not cause desire.
❌ Objection 2 : Further, a thing does not cause its contrary. But pleasure is, in a way, contrary to desire, on the part of the object: since desire regards a good which is not yet possessed, whereas pleasure regards the good that is possessed. Therefore pleasure does not cause desire for itself.
❌ Objection 3 : Further, distaste is incompatible with desire. But pleasure often causes distaste. Therefore it does not cause desire.