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Again, a person may conclude that all men grasp at Pleasure,

because all aim likewise at Life and Life is an act of Working,

and every man works at and with those things which also he best

likes; the musical man, for instance, works with his hearing at

music; the studious man with his intellect at speculative

questions, and so forth. And Pleasure perfects the acts of

Working, and so Life after which men grasp. No wonder then that

they aim also at Pleasure, because to each it perfects Life,

which is itself choice-worthy. (We will take leave to omit the

question whether we choose Life for Pleasure's sake of Pleasure

for Life's sake; because these two plainly are closely connected

and admit not of separation; since Pleasure comes not into being

without Working, and again, every Working Pleasure perfects.)