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It follows therefore that happiness is
not to be found in amusements.
（ii）Indeed it would be strange that amusement should be our
End—that we should toil and moil all our life long in order that we may amuse
ourselves. For virtually every object we adopt is pursued as a means to something else,
excepting happiness, which is an end in itself; to make amusement the object of our
serious pursuits and our work seems foolish and childish to excess: Anacharsis's motto,
Play in order that you may work, is felt to be the right rule. For amusement is a form of
rest; but we need rest because we are not able to go on working without a break, and
therefore it is not an end, since we take it as a means to further activity.
（iii） And the life that conforms with virtue is thought to be a happy
life; but virtuous life involves serious purpose, and does not consist in amusement.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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