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

9307	Modern Western culture suddenly appeared in Jena in the 1790s

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis

9297	You can't understand love in terms of 'if and only if...'

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / e. Primary/secondary critique

9308	If subjective and objective begin to merge, then so do primary and secondary qualities

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / b. Types of emotion

9309	Emotions have intentional objects, while a mood is objectless

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

9304	Death appears to be more frightening the less one has lived

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom

9302	We are bored because everything comes to us fully encoded, and we want personal meaning

9310	The profoundest boredom is boredom with boredom

9298	We can be unaware that we are bored

9301	Boredom is so radical that suicide could not overcome it; only never having existed would do it

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

9311	We have achieved a sort of utopia, and it is boring, so that is the end of utopias

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

9303	The concept of 'alienation' seems no longer applicable