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11/12/2023

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But I must explain to you how this whole erroneous idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born, and I will give you a full account of the system, and set forth the actual teachings of the great investigator of truth, the master builder of human happiness.

On the other hand, we condemn with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so bewitched and demoralized by the charm of the pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that will follow; and equal blame is on those who fail to perform their duties through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through a contraction of labor and pain.

Therefore, the wise man always adheres to this principle of selection in these matters.

Nor again is there any who loves or pursues or desires pain for its own sake, because it is pain; but circumstances sometimes occur in which labor and pain may give him great pleasure. To take a trivial example, who ever of us has engaged in laborious physical exercise except to obtain some advantage? But who has the right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure which has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids pain which produces no result in consequence? On the other hand, we condemn with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so enchanted and demoralized by the charm of the pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble which will follow; and equal blame is on those who fail to perform their duties through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from labor and pain.

On the other hand, we condemn with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so bewitched and demoralized by the charm of the pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire