The Anxiety of the Mind

From these loves are born the desires of some end, which desires are the forces themselves present in the intellect and in the will. Without the intuition and desire of a certain end, without this or without an end, the will is never determined into act. But there are superior and inferior ends. The superior ends are those only of the human mind; they regard the preservation of that society in which the mind forms a part. In place of these rational ends, there are corporeal ends, the desires of which are called lusts and pleasures. These ends are solely for the sake of self preservation. And principle of reason prefers the preservation of self to the preservation of society as a whole. We

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