On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are guiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to thos 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, wheour 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 cirstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occupleasures 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 greatersures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.
"On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are guiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue”
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are guiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to thos who fail in their duty through weakness of will,
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