Post by o p a l. } on Apr 9, 2014 3:46:52 GMT
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But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.
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On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.
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But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Pellentesque quis sagittis est. Aliquam justo odio, porttitor eget cursus nec, egestas at odio. Sed id dictum leo. Duis mollis massa velit, iaculis tristique leo condimentum tempus. Nam eget semper metus. Integer interdum nec orci nec iaculis. Nullam bibendum tellus et accumsan ultrices. Pellentesque a accumsan mauris, id faucibus mi. Duis at purus id eros imperdiet volutpat. Nullam ultrices mattis elementum. Proin tristique, enim in pellentesque convallis, sapien eros aliquet velit, non tempor dolor felis molestie quam. Sed eros nisi, placerat at libero bibendum, dignissim ultrices turpis. Quisque adipiscing elit sit amet nulla egestas, at gravida odio porttitor. Nunc quis nisi nisl.
Maecenas ac malesuada augue. Mauris sagittis scelerisque condimentum. Vivamus in ultricies sapien, quis bibendum purus. Donec consectetur aliquet justo, eget sollicitudin est bibendum condimentum. Aliquam massa ipsum, facilisis pharetra fringilla sed, rutrum vel felis. Praesent quis felis tortor. Vestibulum ultrices tellus eu molestie mollis. Proin sed nisi justo. Praesent auctor dui non orci porta porttitor non vel elit. Donec vulputate massa sit amet risus ultricies porttitor. Fusce elementum pharetra velit, sed mattis turpis fringilla nec.
Phasellus nec justo quis lacus viverra vehicula. Sed dignissim ipsum ut euismod gravida. Sed at elementum velit. In pretium metus turpis, vitae consectetur diam condimentum at. Fusce sem nibh, egestas eget augue in, pharetra placerat quam. Aenean porta molestie libero, ut fringilla orci suscipit vel. Aenean vel sagittis erat. In ut mauris eu odio varius tempus. Duis sed nulla ut enim interdum tincidunt.
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Pellentesque quis sagittis est. Aliquam justo odio, porttitor eget cursus nec, egestas at odio. Sed id dictum leo. Duis mollis massa velit, iaculis tristique leo condimentum tempus. Nam eget semper metus. Integer interdum nec orci nec iaculis. Nullam bibendum tellus et accumsan ultrices. Pellentesque a accumsan mauris, id faucibus mi. Duis at purus id eros imperdiet volutpat. Nullam ultrices mattis elementum. Proin tristique, enim in pellentesque convallis, sapien eros aliquet velit, non tempor dolor felis molestie quam. Sed eros nisi, placerat at libero bibendum, dignissim ultrices turpis. Quisque adipiscing elit sit amet nulla egestas, at gravida odio porttitor. Nunc quis nisi nisl.
Maecenas ac malesuada augue. Mauris sagittis scelerisque condimentum. Vivamus in ultricies sapien, quis bibendum purus. Donec consectetur aliquet justo, eget sollicitudin est bibendum condimentum. Aliquam massa ipsum, facilisis pharetra fringilla sed, rutrum vel felis. Praesent quis felis tortor. Vestibulum ultrices tellus eu molestie mollis. Proin sed nisi justo. Praesent auctor dui non orci porta porttitor non vel elit. Donec vulputate massa sit amet risus ultricies porttitor. Fusce elementum pharetra velit, sed mattis turpis fringilla nec.
Phasellus nec justo quis lacus viverra vehicula. Sed dignissim ipsum ut euismod gravida. Sed at elementum velit. In pretium metus turpis, vitae consectetur diam condimentum at. Fusce sem nibh, egestas eget augue in, pharetra placerat quam. Aenean porta molestie libero, ut fringilla orci suscipit vel. Aenean vel sagittis erat. In ut mauris eu odio varius tempus. Duis sed nulla ut enim interdum tincidunt.