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, umakhi oyingcweti wenjabulo yomuntu.
Akekho owenqabayo, ukungathandi, noma ugwema injabulo ngokwayo, ngoba kuyinjabulo, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi labo abangakwazi ukuphishekela injabulo ngokunengqondo bahlangabezana nemiphumela ebuhlungu kakhulu. Futhi akekho othanda noma ophishekelayo noma ofisa ukuzitholela ubuhlungu, ngoba kubuhlungu, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi ngezinye izikhathi kuba nezimo lapho ukukhandleka nobuhlungu kungase kumtholele injabulo enkulu.
Ukuthatha isibonelo esincane, yimuphi kithi oke enze ukuvivinya umzimba kanzima, ngaphandle kokuthola inzuzo ethile kuyo? Kodwa ubani onelungelo lokuthola iphutha endodeni ekhetha ukujabulela injabulo engenamiphumela ecasulayo, noma ogwema ubuhlungu obungavezi injabulo? Ngokolunye uhlangothi, sigxeka ngentukuthelo elungile futhi esingathandi amadoda adukiswe kakhulu futhi adilizwe izintelezi zobumnandi okwamanje., kanjalo bephuphuthekiswe isifiso, abangakwazi ukukubona kusengaphambili
