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A Philosophy of Boredom Lars Svendsen
Publisher: Reaktion Books

Through cryptic, elliptical dialogues he soon becomes a bizarre confessor to her strange sins. The books I read were fiction with an interesting exeption called 'A Philosophy of Boredom' (Ikävystymisen filosofiaa) by Lars Fr. If we lack the enforced projects to divert ourselves, then boredom is the best anyone can hope for. The similarities with buddhism are uncanny. The Roman philosopher Seneca described boredom as a kind of nausea. Plutarch reports the Greek general Pyrrhus complained he was bored in retirement. What I mean is boredom as a philosophical stance, as a desirable mental state. The Christian tradition declared chronic boredom (acedia) a sin. Most of your life is dull, tasteless and boring. They go to bed early and wake up early. Nor does calling Morality a science make Philosophy irrelevant. An indifferent reality grants nothing else. David Thorne, bored on a long-weekend, decided to set up a facebook profile for 'Kate' and proceed to invite her friends to her party, seemly leaving her profile as public instead of private. The most dramatic challenge to his philosophy of boredom though is his unnamed female foil. If you practice Zazen, you learn a lot about boredom.