Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
plaisirs de l'esprit et les plaisirs de la bouche
English translation:
intellectual pleasures and culinary delights
Added to glossary by
Yolanda Broad
Jan 4, 2003 11:05
21 yrs ago
French term
France
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plaisirs de l'esprit et les plaisirs de la bouche
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Tourism & Travel
Tourism
Dans une brochure touristique:
"Le Pays de XXX vous propose le calme des grands espaces et les animations des villes, les plaisirs de l’esprit et les plaisirs de la bouche, à votre rythme, selon votre humeur et vos désirs."
Comment tourner ça pour y donner le même sens?
"Le Pays de XXX vous propose le calme des grands espaces et les animations des villes, les plaisirs de l’esprit et les plaisirs de la bouche, à votre rythme, selon votre humeur et vos désirs."
Comment tourner ça pour y donner le même sens?
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William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
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Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
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intellectual pleasures and culinary delights
The "soooooooo American" version
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Comment: ""the intellectual pleasures, and the culinary pleasures" is what I came up with just before you sent your idea (which sounds even better), so I'll go for it.
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5 mins
stimulation for the mind and the palate
not easy!
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Pleasures of mind and pleasures of taste
SUMMA THEOLOGICA: Is temperance about pleasures of taste, as such ... - [ Traduire cette page ]
... More.... Whether temperance is about the pleasures proper to the taste? Objection
1. It would seem that temperance is about pleasures proper to the taste. ...
... More.... Whether temperance is about the pleasures proper to the taste? Objection
1. It would seem that temperance is about pleasures proper to the taste. ...
Reference:
10 mins
pleasures of the mind and pleasures of the palate
to combine the above 2 answers!
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Note added at 2003-01-04 11:17:29 (GMT)
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\"There are pleasures of the body and the pleasures of the mind\"
www.zarathushtra.com/z/article/dhalla/ch2/ii31.htm
\"Fabulous food, fine wine and one unforgettable evening of Parisian pleasures of the palate\"
www.france-cincinnati.com/pdf_files/ march_of_dimes_.PDF
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Note added at 2003-01-04 11:24:56 (GMT)
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Pleasures of the spirit is also possible, but has a slight religious ring to it, so I\'d stick to pleasures of the mind/intellect.
\"born as sensual creatures appreciative of the sounds and smells of the world around us; only later do we learn with some difficulty the pleasures of the spirit\"
www41.homepage.villanova.edu/donald.burt/river/21.htm
\"philosophical hedonists from Epicurus on have maintained that the good life is much likelier to consist in \"pleasures of the intellect\"
www-personal.umich.edu/~sdarwall/361m396.txt
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Note added at 2003-01-04 11:17:29 (GMT)
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\"There are pleasures of the body and the pleasures of the mind\"
www.zarathushtra.com/z/article/dhalla/ch2/ii31.htm
\"Fabulous food, fine wine and one unforgettable evening of Parisian pleasures of the palate\"
www.france-cincinnati.com/pdf_files/ march_of_dimes_.PDF
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Note added at 2003-01-04 11:24:56 (GMT)
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Pleasures of the spirit is also possible, but has a slight religious ring to it, so I\'d stick to pleasures of the mind/intellect.
\"born as sensual creatures appreciative of the sounds and smells of the world around us; only later do we learn with some difficulty the pleasures of the spirit\"
www41.homepage.villanova.edu/donald.burt/river/21.htm
\"philosophical hedonists from Epicurus on have maintained that the good life is much likelier to consist in \"pleasures of the intellect\"
www-personal.umich.edu/~sdarwall/361m396.txt
30 mins
Pleasure of the soul and enjoyment of delicious foods
Pleasure of the soul and enjoyment of delicious foods there come together...
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