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What does Rise mean to you
Eed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and pra
s born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the tru
er-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who
how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or
esires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procu
great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some adva
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
unt of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happine
jects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rati
nter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itse
s pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a tri
which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any But I muexpound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislik
pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter conseq
are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but
asionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of
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