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, ubangidan-maginin dan Adam farin ciki.
Babu wanda ya ƙi, wanda ba a so, ko kuma ya guji jin daɗi da kansa, domin jin dadi ne, amma saboda waɗanda ba su san yadda ake neman jin daɗi a hankali ba suna fuskantar sakamakon da ke da zafi sosai. Haka kuma babu wanda yake so ko bi ko sha'awar samun ciwon kansa, saboda zafi ne, amma saboda lokaci-lokaci yanayi na faruwa wanda wahala da zafi za su iya sa shi jin daɗi sosai.
Don ɗaukar misali maras muhimmanci, wanda a cikinmu ya taɓa yin aikin motsa jiki mai wahala, sai dai don samun wata fa'ida daga gare ta? Amma wanene yake da hakkin ya sami laifin mutumin da ya zaɓi ya ji daɗin jin daɗin da ba shi da wani sakamako mai ban haushi, ko wanda ya guje wa radadin da ba ya haifar da jin dadi? A wannan bangaren, muna yin Allah wadai da fushin adalci da ƙin maza waɗanda suka ruɗe da ruɗewa ta wurin laya na jin daɗin lokacin., so ya makantar da ita, da ba za su iya hangowa ba