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Or, again, this extra labour, when it is extra, is undertaken with the aim of satisfying that mood of energy by employing it to produce something worth doing, and which, therefore, will keep before the worker a lively hope while he is working; and also by giving it work to do in which there is absolute immediate pleasure. OR AGAIN THIS EXTRA LABOR WHEN IT IS EXTRA IS UNDERTAKEN WITH THE AIM OF SATISFYING THAT MOOD OF ENERGY BY EMPLOYING IT TO PRODUCE SOMETHING WORTH DOING AND WHICH THEREFORE WILL KEEP BEFORE THE WORKER A LIVELY HOPE WHILE HE IS WORKING AND ALSO BY GIVING IT WORK TO DO IN WHICH THERE IS ABSOLUTE IMMEDIATE PLEASURE
e struggle of life from the most reasonable point that they know of, contemn the arts because they think that they add to man’s slavery by increasing the sum of his painful labour: if this were the case, it would still, to my mind, be a question whether it might not be worth the while to endure the extra pain of labour for the sake of the extra pleasure added to rest; assuming, for the present, equality of condition among men. But it seems to me that it is not the case that the practice of art adds to painful labour; nay more, I believe that, if it did, art would never have arisen at all, would certainly not be discernible, as it is, among peoples in whom only the germs of civilization exist. In other words, I believe that art cannot be the result of external compulsion; the labour which goes to produce it is voluntary, and partly undertaken for the sake of the labour itself, partly for the sake of the hope of producing something which, when done, shall give pleasure to the user of it. ALSO PEOPLE WHO LOOKING ON THE STRUGGLE OF LIFE FROM THE MOST REASONABLE POINT THAT THEY KNOW OF CONTEMN THE ARTS BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT THEY AD DEMAND SLAVERY BY INCREASING THE SUM OF HIS PAINFUL LABOUR IF THIS WERE THE CASE IT WOULD STILL TO MY MIND BE A QUESTION WHETHER IT MIGHT NOT BE WORTH THE WHILE TO ENDURE THE EXTRA PAIN OF LABOUR FOR THE SAKE OF THE EXTRA PLEASURE ADDED TO REST ASSUMING FOR THE PRESENT EQUALITY OF CONDITION AMONG MEN BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT IS NOT THE CASE THAT THE PRACTICE OF ART ADDS TO PAINFUL LABOUR NAY MORE I BELIEVE THAT IF IT DID ART WOULD NEVER HAVE ARISEN AT ALL WOULD CERTAINLY NOT BE DISCERNIBLE AS IT IS AMONG PEOPLES IN WHOM ONLY THE GERMS OF CIVILIZATION EXIST IN OTHER WORDS I BELIEVE THAT ART CANNOT BE THE RESULT OF EXTERNAL COMPULSION THE LABOR WHICH GOES TO PRODUCE IT IS VOLUNTARY AND PARTLY UNDERTAKEN FOR THE SAKE OF THE LABOR ITSELF PARTLY FOR THE SAKE OF THE HOPE OF PRODUCING SOMETHING WHICH WHEN DONE SHALL GIVE PLEASURE TO THE USER OF IT
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