13 Quotes by Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

For Heidegger, boredom is a privileged fundamental mood because it leads us directly into the very problem complex of being and time.

A utopia cannot, by definition, include boredom, but the ‘utopia’ we are living in is boring.

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.

Animals can be understimulated, but hardly bored.

Anthropocentrism gave rise to boredom, and when anthropomorphism was replaced by technocentrism, boredom became even more profound.

In order to live a meaningful life,humans need answers, i.e., a certain understanding of basic existential questions. These ‘answers’ do not have to be made completely explicit, as a lack of words does not necessarily indicate a lack of understanding, but one has to able to place oneself in the world and build a relatively stable identity. The founding of such an identity is only possible if one can tell a relatively coherent story about who one has been and who one intends to be.

Folk bør ha rett til å fremsette feilaktige eller avskyelige påstander, men man er da også i sin fulle rett til å hevde at det de sier er feilaktig og avskyelig.

Traditions have been replaced by lifestyles.

Self-identity is inextricably bound up with the identity of the surroundings.