Full Idea
Nobody would choose to live his life with the mentality of a child, even if he continued to take the greatest pleasures in the things that children like.
Gist of Idea
Nobody would choose the mentality of a child, even if they had the greatest childish pleasures
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1174a02)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.317
A Reaction
This seems absolutely right, but I'm not sure why. Presumably we are strongly attached to our own nature, but what if we could start again with a different nature?