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To apply the term ‘compulsory’ to acts done for the sake of pleasure
or for noble objects, on the plea that these exercise constraint on us from without, is to
make every action compulsory. For (1) pleasure and nobility between them
supply the motives of all actions whatsoever. Also (2) to act under
compulsion and involuntarily is painful, but actions aiming at something pleasant or noble
are done with pleasure. And (3) it is absurd to blame external things,
instead of blaming ourselves for falling an easy prey to their attractions; or to take the
credit of our noble deeds to ourselves, while putting the blame for our disgraceful ones
upon the temptations of pleasure.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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