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...

Egy férfi, aki retteg a haláltól, felfedezi a halhatatlanság titkát, de rájön, hogy végül minden meghal – minden, kivéve őt.

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 de...