John Stuart Mill’s theory of higher and lower pleasures can be a tricky one. In fact, Mill defines happiness as the absence of pain, and unhappiness as the consequence of pain and the absence of pleasure. In other words, in his view, happiness is directly, related to pleasure. However, Mill points out the fact that not all pleasures are the same. For instance, he claims that intellectual pleasures are with no doubt safer than physical pleasures. As humans, we tend to chase the pleasures of the flesh, rather than those of the mind, and John Stuart Mill explains how the pleasures of the mind and intellect should, instead, be considered superior to the others. His reason for claiming so stands on the belief that pleasures of the flesh may
