Michele Pasin / Quotes

Cyberliterature

[...] so too does it [the computer] promise to reshape the spectrum of narrative expression, not by replacing the novel or the movie but by continuing their timeless bardic work within another framework. This book is an effort to imagine what kinds of pleasures such a cyberliterature will bring us and what sort of stories it might tell.

Saved 26 February 2013 / www.amazon.co.uk ↗

#movies #book #pleasure

Finding Win/Win role models

One thing I have found particularly helpful to Win/Lose people in developing a Win/Win character is to associate with some model or mentor who really thinks…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #character #relationship #literature #movies

adjectiv

adjective deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style, typically for humorous effect: the movie seems more camp than shocking or gruesome. • (of a man or…

Osx Dictionary #style #movies #actors #cAMP #nouns

Dietro l'utilitarismo si cela l'edonismo

Con queste premesse, non si può che denigrare l’utilitarismo. Questa dottrina aveva fatto moltissimi proseliti in Giappone, e la società feudale la trovava…

Lo Spirito del Giappone (Leonardo Vittorio Arena) #utilitarianism #pleasure #happiness #ethics

Onishi contro intuizionismo, formalismo ed edonismo

Onishi si occupa soprattutto dell’etica. Propugna i valori di una morale individuale, discostandosi dalla tendenza generale del pensiero Meiji, incline al…

Lo Spirito del Giappone (Leonardo Vittorio Arena) #ethics #intuition #virtue #pleasure

Pascal's licking the earth

all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called, “licking the earth.”

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #pleasure #desire

Pleasure as a center wastes a life

Innocent pleasures in moderation can provide relaxation for the body and mind and can foster family and other relationships. But pleasure, per se, offers no…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #pleasure #fun #television #life