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That is to say,
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it is legitimate and proper to search for pleasure,
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for each individual to attempt to please himself however he can.
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And it turns out that if you could take it to our own day,
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there are no limits pretty much to what he can do to gain pleasure.
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I would argue that there is a direct line
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from the Enlightenment philosophy to nihilism,
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that is to say a philosophy that says
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there are no limits to what human beings may do.
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What turns out to be the practical fact
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is that he who has the power and the will to do
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what he wants will be able to do so,