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Ideas of Lars Svendsen, by Text
[Norwegian, fl. 1999, Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway.]
2005
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A Philosophy of Boredom
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Pref
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p.8
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9297
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You can't understand love in terms of 'if and only if...'
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Ch.1
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p.14
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9298
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We can be unaware that we are bored
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Ch.1
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p.26
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9301
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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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Ch.1
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p.36
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9303
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The concept of 'alienation' seems no longer applicable
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Ch.2
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p.31
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9302
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We are bored because everything comes to us fully encoded, and we want personal meaning
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Ch.2
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p.55
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9304
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Death appears to be more frightening the less one has lived
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Ch.2
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p.60
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9307
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Modern Western culture suddenly appeared in Jena in the 1790s
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Ch.3
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p.108
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9308
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If subjective and objective begin to merge, then so do primary and secondary qualities
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Ch.3
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p.110
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9309
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Emotions have intentional objects, while a mood is objectless
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Ch.3
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p.121
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9310
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The profoundest boredom is boredom with boredom
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Ch.4
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p.137
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9311
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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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