Joie de vivre

Joie de vivre

Joie de vivre (from the French "joie", "joy"; "de", "of"; "vivre", "to live, living"; "the joy of living") is a term sometimes imported into English to express a cheerful enjoyment of life; an exultation of spirit. "Joie de vivre", as one scholar has written,

    "can be a joy of conversation, joy of eating, joy of anything one might do… And "joie de vivre" may be seen as a joy of everything, a comprehensive joy, a philosophy of life, a "Weltanschauung". Robert's "Dictionnaire" says joie is "sentiment exaltant ressenti par toute la conscience", that is, involves one's whole being." [http://facstaff.uww.edu/shiblesw/humorbook/h6JV.html Humor Reference Guide: A Comprehensive Classification and Analysis] by Warren Shibles.

In English common usage, the phrase is sometimes corrupted to "joie de vie".fact|date=September 2008 This would translate to "joy of life" or "zest for life," rather than the more affirmative "joy of living." "Joie de vive" is another common spelling error.fact|date=September 2008

References

ee also

*Happiness
*Carpe diem


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