"The great end of all human industry, is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modelled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators."
David Hume

January 1, 1970

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Part I, Essay 16: The Stoic

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