Who ever said that pleasure wasn't functional?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.
The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.
Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.