Nor is there any who loves, seeks, or desires pain itself simply because it is pain, unless there are fortuitous circumstances in which toil and pain can bring him great pleasure. To take a trivial example, who among us ever engages in strenuous physical activity except to derive benefit from it?
But who has any right to blame a man who makes a choice to enjoy a pleasure that has no unpleasant consequences, or one who avoids pain which has no consequent pleasure? Also, there is no one who loves, seeks, or desires pain itself just because it is pain, unless there are chance circumstances in which toil and pain can bring him great pleasure.
To take a trivial example, who among us ever engages in strenuous exercise other than to derive benefit from it? But who has any right to blame a man who makes a choice to enjoy a pleasure that has no unpleasant consequences, or one who avoids pain which has no consequent pleasure? Also, there is no one who loves, seeks, or desires pain itself, only