jeudi 2 avril 2009
Matière & sujet
" Nous ne trouvâmes pas les heures longues, car la matière ne manque pas à deux amants passionnés, puisqu'ils sont le sujet de leurs discours. D'ailleurs, outre les intermèdes des caresses, il y avait dans notre situation quelque chose de si mystérieux et de si solennel, que nos âmes et nos sens étaient constamment en action." J.Casanova
mercredi 2 avril 2008
Car tout est nature
" - And how can that happiness be felt ?
- By all the pleasure which the philosopher can procure when he is conscious of having obtained them by his own exertions, and especially by getting rid of the many prejudices which make of the majority of men a troop of grown-up children.
- What is pleasure ? What is meant by prejudices ?
- Pleasure is the actual enjoyment of our senses; it is a complete satisfaction given to all our natural and sensual appetites; and, when our worn-out senses want repose, either to have breathing time, or to recover strength, pleasure comes from the imagination, which finds enjoyment in thinking of the happiness afforded by rest. The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones." J.Casanova
