acedia
(en)
(Greek) spiritual or mental sloth; apathy; a state of listlessness or torpor
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acedia
Prescription for acedia:
forgot what it meant already
uncertain
5 years, 10 months ago
David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing": New Essays on the Novels
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David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing": New Essays on the Novels
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multiple authors
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David Foster Wallace and "The Long Thing": New Essays on the Novels
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multiple authors
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multiple authors
interpreting the state of acedia in terms of its anticapitalist and Luddite potential
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5 years, 10 months ago
a process of empathy whose origin is the indolence of the heart, acedia, which despairs of grasping and holding the genuine historical image as it flares up briefly.
notable
2 years, 7 months ago