Gowans uses the analogy of the alcoholic to show that
A) pursuing short-term pleasure sometimes brings long-term misery.
B) the goal of Buddha's teaching is curing an affliction, rather than enlightenment.
C) on Buddha's view, our attachment to sensory pleasure is a form of addiction.
D) Buddha does not deny that people are sometimes happy.

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The Answer of Gowans uses the analogy of the alcoholic to show that
A) pursuing short-term pleasure sometimes brings long-term misery.
B) the goal of Buddha's teaching is curing an affliction, rather than enlightenment.
C) on Buddha's view, our attachment to sensory pleasure is a form of addiction.
D) Buddha does not deny that people are sometimes happy.

Gowans Uses the Analogy of the Alcoholic to Show That