/lit/ - Literature

>>4889054
The disturbance of one's peace of mind at the risk of getting caught is enough to refrain from it.

>51. [addressing a young man] I understand from you that your natural disposition is too much inclined toward sexual passion. Follow your inclination as you will, provided only that you neither violate the laws, disturb well-established customs, harm any one of your neighbours, injure your own body, nor waste your possessions. That you be not checked by one or more of these provisos is impossible; for a man never gets any good from sexual passion, and he is fortunate if he does not receive harm.

PHILOSOPHY RANKINGS (if you disagree, you are a faggot):

God Tier: Epicureanism

High Tier: Taoism, Aristotelianism, Liberal (i.e., John Stuart Mill) Utilitarianism

Mid Tier: Secular Humanism, Buddhism, Nihilism, Existentialism/Absurdism

Low Tier: Stoicism, the Abrahamic Religions, Platonism, Kantianism, Objectivism, Collectivist Utilitarianism, Shintoism

Shit Tier: Hinduism, Post-Modernism/Structuralism, Confucianism, Marxism, Scientism