Desire and Pleasure (Original in French)

Phyllis 2022-04-04 09:01:08

"When we have desire, we can not be happy, we wait for it to come true in the future. If happiness does not come, the hope will be extended, and the magic of fantasy will last as long as the passion lasts. This state is self-sufficient. Its accompanying Anxiety is a satisfaction, it fills the truth. Misfortune belongs to those who have no desires, and who therefore lose everything they have. Hopes are more satisfying than possessions. Real happiness comes before happiness exists.” - Rousseau, The New Heloise

Tant qu'on désire on peut se passer d'être heureux ; on s'attend à le devenir : si le bonheur ne vient point, l'espoir se prolonge, et le charme de l'illusion dure autant que la passion qui le cause . Ainsi cet état se suffit à lui-même, et l'inquiétude qu'il donne est une sorte de jouissance qui supplée à la réalité, qui vaut mieux peut-être. pour ainsi dire tout ce qu'il possède. On jouit moins de ce qu'on obtient que de ce qu'on espère et l'on n'est heureux qu'avant d'être heureux. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Julie ou La Nouvelle Héloïse (1761), 6e partie, Lettre VIII, Flammarion, « coll. GF », 1967 .

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  • Stephon 2022-04-07 09:01:06

    First thought after reading it: I want to watch it again.

  • Ashleigh 2022-04-05 09:01:07

    Women over 40 can't play anymore----a female philosophy teacher who converts to this common view, of course, her life and knowledge are divided into two parts. But can you blame her? Even in the mountain commune in the film, it is a group of heroes who gather and talk, women serve dishes and wash dishes; the society is not friendly, and scholars are often hypocritical. The loss of love and schooling in her original family also secretly affected her pragmatic life of studying hard and loving her family. A complete film, with exquisite allusions as captivating as Yubei. It's hard to say in the future, but she can handle it.

Things to Come quotes

  • Nathalie Chazeaux: All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

  • Nathalie Chazeaux: I thought you would love me forever.