Daily interacting with the outside world, a person strives to accomplish something, sometimes achieving it, sometimes not.
The main goal is to satisfy needs, that is, to get rid of the feeling that something is missing. For this, mankind has come up with entertainment.
Meaning of life or addiction?
It is in this case that the emotions of pleasure arise. One of the directions of philosophy, founded by the ancient Greek Epicurus, calls the receipt of this feeling happiness. His followers are called Epicureans or Hedonists. For these people, pleasure is the only meaning and purpose of all human life.
The Stoics were considered their opponents. The founder of this doctrine, Zeno of China, called pleasures passions that give rise to habits and addictions.
Modern scientists define this term more neutrally, considering pleasure as a positive emotional background from sensations that are controlled by the brain.
And now, when a person makes pleasure the goal of his activity, we are talking about entertainment, which can also be called fun orfun (and many other synonyms).
Leisure boogie
Time of entertainment is leisure, that is, a period of time free from the fulfillment of the main duties of the individual. These are weekends and corporate parties, holidays and vacations.
Entertainment has its own rich history, inseparable from human civilization. Here are just a few ways to have a good time, a kind of game with no specific results.
| Type of entertainment | Features |
| Cinema | In existence since 1895, originating from fairground booths and illusions |
| Theater | Born from ancient rituals, rituals, holidays |
| Reading | Means of assimilation of information, began with rock paintings |
| Tourism | Traveling to other countries and areas for different purposes (except for employment), known since antiquity |
| Games | There are active, desktop, video and others |
| Nightclubs | Institutions with a bar and a dance floor, flourished since the 70s. last century |
| Sports | In a non-professional sense, an opportunity for a large number of people to improve their bodies and improve their he alth |
What is good rest and what is bad
In an effort to take a break from the worries of everyday life, taste special food and indulge in unusual types of intellectual and physical activity, people come up with more and more new entertainment.
Moreover, they can be both meaningful and not; both socially useful and vice versa.
Entertainment is the activity that people need in order to restore the energy spent on work.
But it is considered resourceful and correct only when it is followed by:
- feeling of relaxation;
- strength and desire to continue the main activity;
- cheerful and working attitude.
If they take away vital energy and do not feed positive emotions, then you should think about how to change them for others.
