Firstly, we cannot achieve happiness through acquisition. This relates to buying what we don’t need, accumulating beyond what is sufficient, and hoarding what we no longer use. These behaviors are counter-productive to a lifestyle of moral conduct as it promotes vices such as selfishness and miserliness. Secondly, our transient enjoyment experience does not equate to the stately experience of happiness. Enjoyment arises from indulgence and sensory gratification, both of which are borne from vice. There is no leniency toward developing desire as the Stoic path to happiness is directed by
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