14 February 2011

Lonely, bored, anxious and passive

"Boredom and anxiety are different manifestations of the same underlying condition. Kafka said that his deepest feelings towards other people were indifference and fear. ... Fromm describes modern man as lonely, bored, anxious and passive." (The Master and His Emissary, Iain McGilchrist, 2009; page 403).

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