PHL 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Delayed Gratification
1 Nov 2020
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Either/or - published under pseudonym victor eremita (k) Dedicates much of their time and energy to curating specific image of themselves. Delays gratification in order to intensify experience of pleasure. Food, wine, seduction, luxury, art, drugs, in some instances religion. The rotation method (farmer crops but with lovers) Limits of pleasure, in its absence: pain, frustration, boredom. Addictions - desire for intense pleasure is accompanied by intense pain. Heroin high - intense pleasure leads to intense pain once the drug wears off. A identifies himself with his present state of mind (mood) A is at the mercy of his whims. I have just come from a gathering where i was the life of the party; witty remarks streamed from my mouth, everyone laughed, admired me - but i left - and wanted to shoot myself. Aesthete mistakes the source of their despair. Imagine an external thing can fill that emptiness caused by despair.
