Nietzsche suggests self-binding as a way to control over-consumption by avoiding gratification and setting strict time boundaries for indulgence. By voluntarily seeking out pain after managing pleasure, one can achieve a balanced experience. Experiencing temporary pain can shift the body's hedonic set point towards pleasure, enhancing the overall enjoyment.
In the 1st century AD, the Greek orator and philosopher Dio Chrysostom wrote: “Luxury makes pains seem even harder, and dulls and weakens one’s pleasures. For the person who is always luxuriating and never touches pain will end up unable to endure any pain at all, and also not able to feel any pleasure, not […]
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Pursue Pain, Not Pleasure – Why Comfort is Crippling You first appeared on
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