Well, one natural suggestion is that pleasure is worth having for its own sake and pain is probably worth avoiding for its own sake.

一个很自然的提议是快乐,是因其自身品质而值得拥有,痛苦因其自身品质而值得避免。

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At this point, we say something like, pleasure is worth having for its own sake.

这时我们会说，因为快乐是好的所以值得拥有。

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If a company--if its stock sells for less than its assets are worth then the company maybe should be broken up and the assets taken and given somewhere else because the low stock price indicates a problem.

如果一家公司---如果它的股票卖的,比它的资产价值低,那么这家公司也许就应该破产，并且,它的资产就应该被占用或分配到其他地方,因为低的股票价格预示着一个危机。

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You've got to ask yourself, ? "What's worth having for its own sake?

你们必须问自己，“什么是因其自身品质而值得拥有？

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It's a very tempting view to think, what makes life worth having and the only thing worth having for its own sake, is having pleasure and avoiding pain.

它也是一种很有诱惑力的观点，什么让生命值得拥有，而唯一,因其自身品质值得拥有的东西，就是享受快乐，避免痛苦。

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But pleasure is worth having for its own sake.

但快乐因为自身的品质而值得拥有。

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