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A Philosophy of Boredom Lars Svendsen
Publisher: Reaktion Books

The Greeks—Aristotle, Plato and Socrates—make the cut almost every time even though they worked overtime to give philosophy a popular image caked in fossilized boredom. And when you straddle the tightrope of looming financial insecurity and a philosophy degree, reach for Ready for Boredom. Surrealism and Philosophy Part 1. The One Good Thing About Boredom is… A philosopher once said, “The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom”. The playwright Anton Chekhov certainly knew that. This entry was posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 at 8:10 pm and is filed under Philosophy Of History. My philosopher can remember reading huge history of philosophy volumes late into the night—thirsting to read everything he could—in a way that he doesn't now. Carlin Romano was not at all bored by Lars Svendsen's A Philosophy of Boredom: Looking at boredom, but making it interesting. Philosophy should be on the lips of the people, not locked up in old books with complicated names. We are a group of humans, mainly philosophy students, graduates and self taught philosophers who believe philosophy is essential for society and has been in the background for too long; it is time to bring it to light! It is the ultimate defense against boredom and blandne Surrealism and Philosophy Part 1. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. The glacial look in your girlfriends eye when you fuck things up. Heh, on the first day of class, I usually make the arguement that a necessary condition of philosophy is boredom of a certain kind. Boredom is a very dangerous thing. They also have a seemingly unlimited tolerance for boredom. In Uncle Vanya, Chekhov's classic meditation on ennui, the characters lead lives of quiet — and not so quiet — desperation.