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Full Idea
In the profound form of boredom, I am bored by boredom itself.
Gist of Idea
The profoundest boredom is boredom with boredom
Source
Lars Svendsen (A Philosophy of Boredom [2005], Ch.3)
Book Ref
Svendsen,Lars: 'A Philosophy of Boredom' [Reaktion Books 2005], p.121
A Reaction
Boredom is boring, which is why I try to avoid it. Third-level boredom is a rather enchanting idea. It sounds remarkably similar to the Buddha experiencing enlightenment.
| 9297 | You can't understand love in terms of 'if and only if...' [Svendsen] |
| 9298 | We can be unaware that we are bored [Svendsen] |
| 9301 | Boredom is so radical that suicide could not overcome it; only never having existed would do it [Svendsen] |
| 9303 | The concept of 'alienation' seems no longer applicable [Svendsen] |
| 9302 | We are bored because everything comes to us fully encoded, and we want personal meaning [Svendsen] |
| 9307 | Modern Western culture suddenly appeared in Jena in the 1790s [Svendsen] |
| 9304 | Death appears to be more frightening the less one has lived [Svendsen] |
| 9308 | If subjective and objective begin to merge, then so do primary and secondary qualities [Svendsen] |
| 9309 | Emotions have intentional objects, while a mood is objectless [Svendsen] |
| 9310 | The profoundest boredom is boredom with boredom [Svendsen] |
| 9311 | We have achieved a sort of utopia, and it is boring, so that is the end of utopias [Svendsen] |