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Whilst we are still limited by the body and its inescapable needs, it is an impossible task to extirpate desire and negative self-interest. Philosophy adds that it is also an undesirable one. Only, put desire and self-interest down in their proper place, it says, do not permit them to obstruct higher and spiritual needs.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 4 : Purify Passions > # 22