Principal Doctrines, 30

Epicurus  translated by Peter Saint-Andre

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30Among natural desires, those that do not bring pain when unfulfilled and that require intense exertion arise from groundless opinion; and such desires fail to be stamped out not by nature but because of the groundless opinions of humankind.

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