"But," our opponent says, "the mind will have its own pleasures too." Fine, let it have them. Let the mind be the judge of luxury and pleasure. Let it dive headfirst into everything that feels good to the body. Then let it look back on what it enjoyed before. With all those faded thrills fresh in memory, let it celebrate and eagerly wait for those old pleasures it plans to experience again. And while the body lies there stuffed and helpless in the present moment, let the mind send its thoughts racing toward the future and count up its hopes:
“But,” says our adversary, “the mind also will have pleasures of its own.” Let it have them, then, and let it sit in judgment over luxury and pleasures; let it indulge itself to the full in all those matters which give sensual delights: then let it look back upon what it enjoyed before, and with all those faded sensualities fresh in its memory let it rejoice and look eagerly forward to those other pleasures which it experienced long ago, and intends to experience again, and while the body lies in helpless repletion in the present, let it send its thoughts onward towards the future, and take stock of its hopes: