Lars Svendsen quotes
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“Animals can be understimulated, but hardly bored.”
-- Lars SvendsenSource : Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.32, Reaktion Books
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“Anthropocentrism gave rise to boredom, and when anthropomorphism was replaced by technocentrism, boredom became even more profound.”
-- Lars SvendsenSource : Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.88, Reaktion Books
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“For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time.”
-- Lars SvendsenSource : Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.116, Reaktion Books
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“A utopia cannot, by deï¬nition, include boredom, but the 'utopia' we are living in is boring.”
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“One mood can be replaced by another, but it is impossible to leave attunement altogether. However, profound boredom brings us as close to a state of un-attunement as we can come.”
-- Lars SvendsenSource : Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.114, Reaktion Books
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“Traditions have been replaced by lifestyles.”
-- Lars SvendsenSource : Lars Svendsen (2005). “A Philosophy of Boredom”, p.79, Reaktion Books
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“A utopia cannot, by definition, include boredom, but the 'utopia' we are living in is boring.”
-- Lars Svendsen
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