Tag: art

On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and
demorali zed 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 disti nguish. 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 rep udiated 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