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But whereas the mass of mankind take pleasure in things that conflict with one
another,1 because they are not pleasant of
their own nature, things pleasant by nature are pleasant to lovers of what is noble, and
so always are actions in conformity with virtue, so that they are pleasant essentially as
well as pleasant to lovers of the noble.
1 Morally inferior people like things that are only pleasant ‘accidentally,’ i.e. owing not to some quality inherent in the thing but to something extraneous to it, viz. some depravity of taste or temporary affection in the person. Hence not only do different people think different things pleasant but the same person thinks the same thing pleasant at one time and unpleasant at another—and so repents today of his indulgence yesterday; or he desires two incompatible things at once, or desires a thing with one part of his nature that he dislikes with another, so that there is a conflict between his desires, or between his desire for pleasure and his wish for what he thinks good （see Bk. 9.4, esp. 4.8-10, and contrast 4.5.）
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
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