Our daily life is mostly made up of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness, and good health because of the improbable action of some preposterous creature who has nothing to gain and indeed gains nothing from causing us embarrassment, difficulties or harm.
But upon thoughtful reflection you must admit that these are not the events that punctuate most frequently our daily life. We also recollect cases in which a fellow took an action that resulted in his loss and in our gain: we had to deal with a helpless person.* We can recollect cases in which a fellow took an action by which both parties gained: he was intelligent.
“We all recollect occasions in which a fellow took an action that resulted in his gain and in our loss: we had to deal with a bandit.
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