Ideas from 'A Philosophy of Boredom' by Lars Svendsen [2005], by Theme Structure
[found in 'A Philosophy of Boredom' by Svendsen,Lars [Reaktion Books 2005,1-86189-217-9]].
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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought
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Modern Western culture suddenly appeared in Jena in the 1790s
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
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You can't understand love in terms of 'if and only if...'
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / e. Primary/secondary critique
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If subjective and objective begin to merge, then so do primary and secondary qualities
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / b. Types of emotion
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Emotions have intentional objects, while a mood is objectless
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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Death appears to be more frightening the less one has lived
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
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Boredom is so radical that suicide could not overcome it; only never having existed would do it
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We are bored because everything comes to us fully encoded, and we want personal meaning
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The profoundest boredom is boredom with boredom
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We can be unaware that we are bored
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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State
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We have achieved a sort of utopia, and it is boring, so that is the end of utopias
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism
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The concept of 'alienation' seems no longer applicable
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