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.
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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
Review
21st Century Fox Deal: Hollywood Report Card
How the potential sale would change the studio map, scored by our entertainment team in Burbank.
7.9/10
Overall
- Industry impact 9.2
- Creative upside 7.4
- Audience benefit 6.8
- Deal clarity 8.1
The good
- Big libraries under one roof
- More money for original films
The bad
- Fewer independent studios
- Streaming prices may rise
Verdict
A landmark move with real creative upside, if regulators let it through.
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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.
But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences.