Cur ipse Pythagoras et Aegyptum lustravit et Persarum magos adiit? Itaque hic ipse iam pridem est reiectus; Age sane, inquam. Egone non intellego, quid sit don Graece, Latine voluptas? Deinde disputat, quod cuiusque generis animantium statui deceat extremum. Hoc sic expositum dissimile est superiori. Facit enim ille duo seiuncta ultima bonorum, quae ut essent vera, coniungi debuerunt; Sine ea igitur iucunde negat posse se vivere?
Eiuro, inquit adridens, iniquum, hac quidem de re; Nihil acciderat ei, quod nollet, nisi quod anulum, quo delectabatur, in mari abiecerat. An est aliquid per se ipsum flagitiosum, etiamsi nulla comitetur infamia? Scaevola tribunus plebis ferret ad plebem vellentne de ea re quaeri. Quantam rem agas, ut Circeis qui habitet totum hunc mundum suum municipium esse existimet? Quas enim kakaw Graeci appellant, vitia malo quam malitias nominare.
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue.
And equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best.
