Discourse on the Method, part 3, ¶ 5-8 (ChatGPT)

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Since we only seek or avoid things based on how we perceive them as good or bad, the key to right action is having correct judgment. To achieve the best actions and acquire all virtues and valuable things within our reach, we need the most accurate judgment. Being assured of such a successful acquisition will lead to true contentment.

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Rutherford B. Hayes (Wikipedia) Rutherford Birchard Hayes (/ˈrʌðərfərd/; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881.

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Inasmuch as we neither seek nor shun any object except in so far as our understanding represents it as good or bad, all that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment,—that is, to the acquisition of all the virtues with all else that is truly valuable and within our reach; and the assurance of such an acquisition cannot fail to render us contented.