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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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So I used another site once upon a time, and this is a diary entry I entered on there (by means of an introduction to here) (waving)
Aristotle was a clever chap, aside from wearing a sheet most of his life but still, a clever chap all the same. He said
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion and desire
Now this evening I sat on a rock, jutting out into the sea on the North Coast of Devon as the sun painted stripes of purples, reds and oranges across the darkening sky and I pondered Aristotles words with regards to sexual encounters upon these sites. Ah yes I hear you cry, A nice normal diary entry, Aristotle and beaches, sunsets and sex, ok I admit it, my thought processes are sometimes all over the place, but well, it makes me interesting ( ), no seriously I am interesting, I know 9 different ways of saying Help, the camel has run off with my laptop and you would be surprised at how often I have to say them.
So seven causes, and human action, for action lets substitute sexual encounter, we might end up with something interesting.Will the ladies that left the room, please come back, I havent finished yet!
Chance: Ah the wonders of the chance sexual encounter, this one is perhaps one of the most dispassionate but also erotic (can we be dispassionate and erotic at the same time I wonder), whether its in the office, a random stranger knocking the door (I am campaigning for more female plumbers as I work from home, I have seen porn, and well its the women that get handymen knocking and then its legsakimbo, bend me over the washing machine type stuff, I need some of this action so more female plumbers please!) But the chance sexual encounter can be a little, ahem, dirty, not in a grotesque way just in a well dirty way.
Nature: It is human nature to procreate, we cannot deny it (although some do) and we are animals at the end of the day, we have times of the day, week, month or year when we feel more horny and I am sure this is all linked somewhere along the lines (I wish the Christians hadnt messed up my Pagan faith, I would be more in tune, instead of having to listen to people with beards bang on about runes). Anyway its nature and nature sexual encounters could also mean those done outside, hmmm the thrill and fear of getting caught, the raw, well, nature of it, how exciting.
Compulsions: Strange word this with two meanings, but really its about being forced to do something you dont want to do (this includes, the washing up, polishing the car and talking to the local muppets in the pub). Compulsion in a sexual sense is not a nice thought, but some people (men and women included), like the Dom-Sub style activities and well, I am not so experienced here but I wonder whether being compelled to have sex is part of that scene, if not then its plain old abuse and well the violation of another human being against their will should be punishable by death, simples (bloody meercats)
Habit: Oh dear, sex out of habit (now if this means a nun costume, wahay bring it on, but), habitual sex, well this depends doesnt it, you may make love to your partner every Wednesday and Saturday for example, therefore this is habitual, however, this would also imply that it was boring, which is actually not necessarily true, one of my partners from way back when liked sex 5 times a week, which was nice (lol, fast show references ignored, this week I ar be mostly having sex). But I am guessing for some married ladies (and gents), habit sex (read that phrase out loud, I bet you laugh), is synonymous with dull, boring and not very adventurous.
Reason: Sex with purpose, excellent, sounds like a job, no but seriously, children are beautiful things, and therefore the true definition of procreation gives a rationale for our love making, we make babies (well blokes have a very minor input (or not so minor depending on your bloke lol)). Most religious text would have us believe that this is the only rationale for sex, it must have purpose (Drops into Every sperm is sacred, ah Monty Python). Of course escorting is sex with reason too, I guess, the rationale being the accumulation of wealth
Passion: Wonderful, Passion puts the love back into love-making, a perfect synergy of mind and body, pleasuring two souls with one action (bit poetic Paul, calm down). But this has to be the pinnacle of sexual conduct, in truth its probably what most people want, however they (we, meh), will gladly take any encounter on its merits and if it creates a passionate whirlwind romance, then I have a souwester in the car.
Desire: A craving, a wish a longing, now in the absence of passion we have desire, I like desire, desire is the cause of a large percentage of my activities, I do things because I want to do them (there you go, selfish bugger but I told you I was honest). I give into my desires, it helps me to believe that when I am old and in my rocking chair (anyone under 30 reading this, I will not tolerate messages saying I am old, well I will but it wont be nice and I shall sulk) I will be able to look back on my life and smile at the lovely young nurse who is changing my bedpan..hmmm nurse (sorry went a bit Homer Simpson there)
I have a hard time (the girls giggling at the back will be removed from the auditorium if they continue), separating which I enjoy most, passion or desire, but if I give into nature and abandoned reason, I do not compel someone to do something through habit then maybe just maybe I can have that chance encounter (do you see what I did there?)
So Aristotle a clever bunny in a sheet, I guess he knew what he was talking about. His teacher was Plato, who said
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing, always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet
Sweet eh? His teacher Socrates said
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, youll be happy; if you get a bad one, youll become a philosopher
Which just goes to prove that even philosophers have a sense of humour.
Have a peaceful night
P xxx |
