The Chariot and the Creeper
From pleasure comes grief, from pleasure comes fear. He who is free from pleasure knows neither grief nor fear. He who gives himself to vanity, and does not give himself to meditation, forgetting the real aim and grasping at pleasure, will in time envy the person who exerted himself in time. Want is not free. It invoices later.
Key Insight
The Pleasure chapter is not against delight. It is against the contract that hides grief inside the first taste.
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