In the history of language, words rise and fall. We make and remake them; they make and remake us.

turning away from an arguably aristocratic idea of the intrinsic worth of things: from pleasure, with its sense of an internal condition of mind, to fun, so closely affiliated with outward activities; from excellence, an inner trait whose attainment is its own reward, to achievement, which comes through slogging and recognition.

“Pleasure” carries a hint of the sublime; it speaks of a state of mind that comes organically, that need not be artificially induced.