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The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.

Joseph Butler

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Das Prinzip, das wir als Selbstliebe bezeichnen, sucht niemals etwas Äußeres um der Sache willen, sondern nur als Mittel zum Glück oder Guten: Bestimmte Zuneigungen ruhen in den äußeren Dingen selbst.

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