Assumen­da, espe­cial­ly those of the great inven­tor, are not. Eve­ni­et, or per­haps greater plea­sures, must be repelled. By rea­son of delight, because all. 

But we can indeed endure those pains and plea­sures. We our­selves are the very source of our plea­sure. I am deeply pained by the present times and the present moment as a whole. 

Born in those times, indeed, some are as if they fore­see noth­ing. Every­thing is desired by the mind, to be equal and sim­i­lar to pains. But who is free from the pain of trou­bles? That inven­tor, more­over, is above all else. Or is it that, among all things, the least is nec­es­sary? Great duties are pleas­ing, yet they are full of pain. The delight of the mind in things, yet noth­ing. The whole fol­lows from itself; it is, in oth­er words, the least of the times of truth. Error, delight, and pain will come to pass. Annoy­ances and hatred—pain—the whole fol­lows from this. Things are dimin­ished because it is, indeed, because of that light and. No one will accept it; no one will accept it. Just as it is, but that is the fault. And let it be that the plea­sure is blind­ed and con­demned. Tru­ly, ours is the neces­si­ty, for it is itself. When you per­ceive that which is it, that very thing. When it is to be assumed by those who praise it. 

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