Book contents
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
- B
- 21. Being (Sein): in Being and Time
- 22. Being (Sein): after Being and Time
- 23. Being-in-the-world (In-der-Welt-sein)
- 24. Being-with (Mitsein)
- 25. Beingness (Seiendheit)
- 26. Between (Zwischen)
- 27. Beyng (Seyn)
- 28. Black Notebooks, the (Die schwarzen Hefte)
- 29. Boredom (Langeweile)
- 30. Boundary (Grenze)
- 31. Building (Bauen)
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
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- M
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- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
29. - Boredom (Langeweile)
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Series page
- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Using the Lexicon
- Chronology of Martin Heidegger
- Abbreviations for Heidegger’s Works
- A
- B
- 21. Being (Sein): in Being and Time
- 22. Being (Sein): after Being and Time
- 23. Being-in-the-world (In-der-Welt-sein)
- 24. Being-with (Mitsein)
- 25. Beingness (Seiendheit)
- 26. Between (Zwischen)
- 27. Beyng (Seyn)
- 28. Black Notebooks, the (Die schwarzen Hefte)
- 29. Boredom (Langeweile)
- 30. Boundary (Grenze)
- 31. Building (Bauen)
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- German–English Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Boredom, in its most profound form, is a fundamental mood (Grundstimmung) in which the passing of time is missing, entities lose their significance, and one becomes indifferent to everyone and everything. Such profound boredom is a fundamental mood because it is a way of finding oneself in, and disclosing to oneself the world that is a condition for the possibility of metaphysical thinking.
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- The Cambridge Heidegger Lexicon , pp. 127 - 130Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021