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Originally Posted by Eric Roosevelt  I think I know what you mean, andrew112. Often actions that don't feel good in the short term, set you up to feel extra good in the long term. However, the whole point of abstaining from pleasure, in that case, is to get pleasure later on.
Your ultimate goal (and definition of success) is to achieve pleasure of some kind, no? |
The ultimate goal is to have pleasure, so yes; in the
long term though. The whole idea is to abstain from pleasure and increase self discipline so that one gains the greatest pleasure of all in the long term. The longer one holds off to experience pleasure, the greater the pleaure is when one does finally experience pleasure.