“Over the Bridge of Sighs into Eternity.” On Søren Kierkegaard’s Prominent Role in the History of Melancholy
Just as a woman who is unhappy at home spends a lot of time looking out the window, so the soul of a melancholic [Tungsindig] person keeps on the lookout for diversions. Another form of melancholy [Tungsind] is the kind which keeps its eyes shut in order to have darkness all around. (Pap. VIII1 A 2...
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2012
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| Rochtain ar líne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Achoimre: | Just as a woman who is unhappy at home spends a lot of time looking out the window, so the soul of a melancholic [Tungsindig] person keeps on the lookout for diversions. Another form of melancholy [Tungsind] is the kind which keeps its eyes shut in order to have darkness all around. (Pap. VIII1 A 239; NB2:125)It isn’t as easy as one would think to bring up the theme of melancholy and to claim something definitive about it. However one approaches it, melancholy always strongly resists any att... |
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