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A Philosophy of Boredom by Lars Svendsen

A Philosophy of Boredom Lars Svendsen ebook
Format: pdf
Page: 178
ISBN: 1861892179, 9781861892171
Publisher: Reaktion Books

The Greeks—Aristotle, Plato and Socrates—make the cut almost every time even though they worked overtime to give philosophy a popular image caked in fossilized boredom. An indifferent reality grants nothing else. For theory, the undermining of common sense means that philosophy becomes separated from empirical enquiry, to the impoverishment of both. Nothing beats boredom quite like philosophy. "Forget ennui: Peter Toohey makes the case that the simpler, everyday kind of boredom we all experience is far more important than the pretentious world-weariness of French philosophers. Certainly, the concept of boredom animated the thoughts of a number of early twentieth-century philosophers. There was no discussion of previous moral philosophy in it. If we lack the enforced projects to divert ourselves, then boredom is the best anyone can hope for. A review of the talk by Lars Svendsen on his book The Philosophy of Boredom at the Shanghai International Literary Festival. Harris said in a footnote that he wasn't going to engage in philosophical discussion because it 'increases the boredom of the universe'. Plutarch reports the Greek general Pyrrhus complained he was bored in retirement. Using more literary than philosophical sources, though there is a section on Heidegger's idea that boredom was the ideal state for metaphysics to begin, Lars Svendsen provides a series of sketches on the theme of boredom. The Roman philosopher Seneca described boredom as a kind of nausea. The Christian tradition declared chronic boredom (acedia) a sin. If you practice Zazen, you learn a lot about boredom. Most of your life is dull, tasteless and boring. Heh, on the first day of class, I usually make the arguement that a necessary condition of philosophy is boredom of a certain kind. They go to bed early and wake up early.