This text is missing some spaces, please add them: Socratesdoesn’tdiscouragegoalsetting,notbyalongshot.WhatIthinkhe’ssaying,andIcouldbewronghere,isthatwemustbeabletoexperiencepleasureinwhateverlifeisgivingus,orwewon’tbeabletoexperiencepleasureinthethingswestrivefor.
Socrates doesn’t discourage goal setting, not by a long shot. What I think he’s saying, and I could be wrong here, is that we must be able to experience pleasure in whatever life is giving us, or we won’t be able to experience pleasure in the things we strive for.