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<head>C | <note>Religion</note> <p>a capital offence. Under the above restriction however,<lb/> | ||
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<note>Religion</note> <p>a capital | |||
it has been tolerated. It has been tolerated, but <del><unclear>not</unclear></del><lb/> | it has been tolerated. It has been tolerated, but <del><unclear>not</unclear></del><lb/> | ||
<del><gap/></del> as the pleasure<del> <gap/></del> <add>appeared</add> great, with great reluctance,<lb/> | <del><gap/></del> as the pleasure<del> <gap/></del> <add>appeared</add> great, with great reluctance,<lb/> | ||
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had indeed been discouraged, and great rewards offer'd<lb/> | had indeed been discouraged, and great rewards offer'd<lb/> | ||
in a future life, for those who will forego it in the <lb/> | in a future life, for those who will forego it in the <lb/> | ||
present. | present.</p> | ||
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<p>It may be asked indeed if pleasure is not a good<lb/> | <p>It may be asked indeed if pleasure is not a good<lb/> | ||
what is life good for, and what is the purpose of preserving<lb/> | what is life good for, and what is the purpose of preserving<lb/> | ||
it. But the most obvious and immediate<lb/> | it. But the most obvious and immediate<lb/> | ||
consequences <add>argument of a proposition</add> may become invisible when screened <add>a screen</add><lb/> | consequences <add>argument of a proposition</add> may become invisible when screened <add>a screen</add><lb/> | ||
<add> | <add>has been set before by the prejudices of</add> | ||
by false philosophy or <add>the <gap/> of</add> false religion.</p> | by false philosophy or <add>the <gap/> of</add> false religion.</p> | ||
<p> | <p><note>Hatred of pleasure</note><lb/> | ||
<note>Hatred of pleasure</note> | |||
Nero, I think it was, or some other of the Roman<lb/> | Nero, I think it was, or some other of the Roman<lb/> | ||
Tyrants, who is said to have offer'd a reward to any one<lb/> | Tyrants, who is said to have offer'd a reward to any one<lb/> | ||
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<del>of</del> for is not advertised for under the name of<lb/> | <del>of</del> for is not advertised for under the name of<lb/> | ||
pleasure: so that the ears of these moralists are not<lb/> | pleasure: so that the ears of these moralists are not<lb/> | ||
offended | offended with that detested sound. <del>For <gap/></del> <add>In</add> to the case<lb/> | ||
abovementioned, <add>from</add> the character of the person who offer'd<lb/> | abovementioned, <add>from</add> the character of the person who offer'd<lb/> | ||
the reward it is natural enough to presume that<lb/> | the reward it is natural enough to presume that<lb/> | ||
the <add>sort of</add> pleasure he had in view in offering it was sensual< | the <add>sort of</add> pleasure he had in view in offering it was sensual <add>and</add></p> | ||
<head> and</head> | <head> and</head> | ||
C Paederasty
Religion
a capital offence. Under the above restriction however,
it has been tolerated. It has been tolerated, but not
as the pleasure appeared great, with great reluctance,
and at any rate not encouraged: it has been
permitted not as a good but as a lesser evil. It
had indeed been discouraged, and great rewards offer'd
in a future life, for those who will forego it in the
present.
It may be asked indeed if pleasure is not a good
what is life good for, and what is the purpose of preserving
it. But the most obvious and immediate
consequences argument of a proposition may become invisible when screened a screen
has been set before by the prejudices of
by false philosophy or the of false religion.
Hatred of pleasure
Nero, I think it was, or some other of the Roman
Tyrants, who is said to have offer'd a reward to any one
who should discover a new pleasure. That is in fact
no more than what is done by those who offer rewards
for new poems, for new mechanical contrivances;
for improvements in agriculture and in
the arts; which are all but so many instruments means
of producing new pleasures, or which comes to the
same thing of producing a greater abundance quantity of
the old ones. The object however that in these cases are is advertised
of for is not advertised for under the name of
pleasure: so that the ears of these moralists are not
offended with that detested sound. For In to the case
abovementioned, from the character of the person who offer'd
the reward it is natural enough to presume that
the sort of pleasure he had in view in offering it was sensual and
and
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