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The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation, because occupation means pre-occupation; and the pre-occupied person is neither happy nor unhappy, but simply alive and active, which is pleasanter than any happiness until you are tired of it.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
Treatise on Parents and Children, “Children’s Happiness” (1914)

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Cyril I. 🧮📐Mar 30, 2025

Jean-Pierre #Bellon (professeur de philosophie qui a diffusé la #Méthode de #Préoccupation #Partagée) trouve dommage qu’on utilise le même mot « #harcèlement » à l’école et dans le monde du travail (et des adultes en général) 🧠🏫💼.

Il préfère le mot « #intimidation », et je lui donne raison 👍. Même en anglais, cette distinction existe d’ailleurs clairement : *bullying* pour le harcèlement entre élèves, et *harassment* entre adultes.

Il faut donc intervenir dès la moindre *intimidation* pour éviter qu’elle ne se transforme en *harcèlement*... ⏰🚨.

Je crois n'avoir jamais harcelé… En revanche, concernant l’intimidation, puis-je en dire autant...? 🤔

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Feb 3, 2025

A quotation from Dannie Abse

That Greek one then is my hero, who watched the bath water
rise above his navel and rushed out naked. “I found it,
I found it” into the street in all his shining, and forgot
that others would only stare at his genitals. What laughter!

Daniel "Dannie" Abse (1923-2014) Welsh poet
Poem (1952), “Letter to Alex Comfort,” Walking Under Water

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/abse-dannie/74468/

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Poem (1952), "Letter to Alex Comfort," Walking Under Water - Abse, Dannie | WIST Quotations

That Greek one then is my hero, who watched the bath water rise above his navel and rushed out naked. "I found it, I found it" into the street in all his shining, and forgot that others would only stare at his genitals. What laughter! Referring to Archimedes.

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