Book 7
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(1) (d) Neither prudence nor any other quality is hampered by its own pleasure, but only by alien pleasuresi.e., the pleasures arising from the exercise of other qualities.; the pleasures of contemplation and study will enable us to contemplate and study better.
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(1) (e) That there should be no art devoted to the production of any form of pleasure is only natural; an art never produces an activity, but the capacity for an activity. Though in point of fact the arts of perfumery and cookery are generally considered to be arts of pleasure.
