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Minunata Lume Noua (Brave New World) – Aldoux Huxley

“…Astazi, in!eie diretorul, onditionam masele sa urasa natura"#ar in aelasi tim$ , le onditionam sa iu%easa orie s$ort $ratiat in mi&loul

naturii" 'otodata, luam masurile de $reautie neesare $entru a s$orturile $ratiate

in sanul naturii sa im$lie olosirea unor a$araturi at mai om$liate" Asa onsumamnu numai trans$ort, i si $roduse industriale…

MUNCA SI JOACA – la saizei de ani $uterile si usturile noastre sunt exataeleasi $e are le aveam si al sa$tes$rezee ani" *n vremurile neeriite de altadata,

 %atranii renuntau, se retraeau, dadeau in doaa reliiei, isi iroseau tim$ul itind si

!iar andind – in!i$uiti+va, andind-

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Fiecarui sef de patrula i-a fost atribuita raspunderea totala pentrucomportamentul membrilor patrulei sale. Patrula era o unitate pentru formare,MUNCA SI JOACA.

 “Un maestru in arta de a trai nu traseaza nici o limita clara intreMUNCA SI JOACA; intre efort si odihna, intre mintea si corpul sau,intre educatie si distractie. Cu greu le deosebeste intre ele. Isiurmeaza pur si simplu viziunea in tot ceea ce face si-i lasa pe ceilaltisa aprecieze daca el munceste sau se joaca. Lui i se pare intotdeauna

ca le face pe amndoua.! "ran#ois-$en% de Chateaubriand, scriitorfrancez din secolul al &I&-lea.

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'!is, indeed, is w!at we usually mean %y 5$lay"5 A ame may, o ourse, %e

a ontest or a $rize, %ut t!is is always rearded as inidental" *n its $ro$er

!arater a ame is an ex$eriene o en&oyment t!at !as no ulterior $ur$ose,

no urt!er result aimed at, and %eins and ends in itsel" *t is not a strivin

ater w!at one !as not ot and it is not an assault u$on nature to yield t!e

satisation o a want"

Moreover, it is on aount o t!ese !arateristis (w!i! we em$!asize

w!en we say. 5t!e ame6s t!e t!in5) t!at a ame a$$ears as a 5ree5 ativity"

*t may !ave rules o its own, and it may %e $layed wit! enery and re7uire

eort, %ut it is emani$ated rom t!e seriousness, t!e $ur$oseulness, and

t!e alleed 5im$ortane5 o 5wor45 and t!e satisation o wants"

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58lay,5 in s!ort, stands or somet!in t!at is neit!er 5wor45 nor 5rest"5 *t is

an ativity, %ut not an ativity t!at see4s t!e satisation o wants" 9or t!is

reason, Aristotle alled it 5non+ la%orious ativity5+ativity t!at nevert!eless

is not 5wor4"5 *t is a 5leisure5 ativity, not only %eause it %elons to t!e

oasions w!en we are set ree (or set ourselves ree) rom 5wor4,5 %ut

 %eause it is $erormed in a 5leisurely5 manner" A 5leisurely5 manner does

not mean merely 5slowly5: it means, 5wit!out t!e anxieties and a%sene o

essation t!at %elon to t!e satisation o wants"5