The treatise establishes the concept of accepting pain to “obtain advantage from it”. Cicero is saying that people often gratify a painful activity to gain from it. He then points to the example of how people use intensive physical exercise to benefit from. He also says not to be exploited by pleasure, for
The treatise establishes the concept of accepting pain to “obtain advantage from it”. Cicero is saying that people often gratify a painful activity to gain from it. He then points to the example of how people use intensive physical exercise to benefit from. He also says not to be exploited by pleasure, for