- EAN13
- 9782381118697
- Éditeur
- Human and Literature Publishing
- Date de publication
- 29/10/2023
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
-
Aide EAN13 : 9782381118697
- Fichier EPUB, libre d'utilisation
- Fichier Mobipocket, libre d'utilisation
- Lecture en ligne, lecture en ligne
3.49
What is the explanation of the fact that people use things that stupefy them:
vódka, wine, beer, hashish, opium, tobacco, and other things. Why did the
practice begin? Why has it spread so rapidly, and why is it still spreading
among all sorts of people, savage and civilized? How is it that where there is
no vódka, wine or beer, we find opium, hashish, and the like, and that tobacco
is used everywhere?
Why do people wish to stupefy themselves?
Ask anyone why he began drinking wine and why he now drinks it. He will reply,
“Oh, I like it, and everybody drinks,” and he may add, “it cheers me up.” Some
— those who have never once taken the trouble to consider whether they do well
or ill to drink wine — may add that wine is good for the health and adds to
one's strength; that is to say, will make a statement long since proved
baseless.
Ask a smoker why he began to use tobacco and why he now smokes, and he also
will reply: “To while away the time; everybody smokes.”
*[XXe]: 20e siècle
vódka, wine, beer, hashish, opium, tobacco, and other things. Why did the
practice begin? Why has it spread so rapidly, and why is it still spreading
among all sorts of people, savage and civilized? How is it that where there is
no vódka, wine or beer, we find opium, hashish, and the like, and that tobacco
is used everywhere?
Why do people wish to stupefy themselves?
Ask anyone why he began drinking wine and why he now drinks it. He will reply,
“Oh, I like it, and everybody drinks,” and he may add, “it cheers me up.” Some
— those who have never once taken the trouble to consider whether they do well
or ill to drink wine — may add that wine is good for the health and adds to
one's strength; that is to say, will make a statement long since proved
baseless.
Ask a smoker why he began to use tobacco and why he now smokes, and he also
will reply: “To while away the time; everybody smokes.”
*[XXe]: 20e siècle
S'identifier pour envoyer des commentaires.