Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; on the contrary, it is truly a divine life, if one is not bored.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Topic

Killing time Idleness Leisure

Author

Soren Kierkegaard

Source

Either Or

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Danish

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Denmark Europe

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Original Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren [published as Victor Eremita]. Enten-Eller [Either/Or]. Vol. 1, Copenhagen: University bookshop, 1843.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Either/Or: A Fragment of Life, translated by Alistair Hanny. Penguin Classics, 1992, pt. 1.

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If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!

Soren Kierkegaard

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Possibility Anticipation Imagination

Author

Soren Kierkegaard
Source
Either Or
Language
Danish
Time
1843 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren [published as Victor Eremita]. Enten-Eller [Either/Or]. Vol. 1, Copenhagen: University bookshop, 1843.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Either/Or: A Fragment of Life, translated by Alistair Hanny. Penguin Classics, 1992, pt. 1.

Another quote from the 1840s

All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Topic
Appearance vs. reality Dreams

Author

Edgar Allan Poe
Source
A Dream within a Dream The Flag of Our Union
Medium
Poem Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "A Dream Within a Dream." The Flag of Our Union, 31 March 1849, I. 10.

Current Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "A Dream Within a Dream." Edgar Allen Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick Quinn. Library of America, 1984, l. 10.