Re: [Phys-L] The Make-Believe World of Real-World Physics

[brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

On 7/12/2013 3:13 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> David Willey wrote:
> > > ... "What is "Fun" in this context anyway?"
> > I would replace the word "fun" by "pleasure." Learning should generate pleasure, like when climbing a mountain.
> >
> > Ludwik Kowalski
> >
> > I think I read in the Aeneid a statement to the effect that completing a difficult task led to great pleasure.
> >
> > bc
Possibly? P. Vergilius Maro   Aeneid -  in John Dryden's version (book 8 
c370)

Whatever melting metals can conspire,
Or breathing bellows, or the forming fire,
Is freely yours: your anxious fears remove,
And think no *task* is difficult to love.

Brian Whatcott   Altus OK