The gods were bored, and so they created man
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| + | '''The gods were bored, and so they created man''' is a dictum by [[Søren Kierkegaard]] recorded in ''[[Either/Or]]'' (1843). | ||
| - | :"Surely no one will prove himself so great a [[bore]] as to contradict me in this. . . . The gods were bored, and so they created [[man]]. [[Adam]] was bored because he was alone, and so Eve was created. Thus boredom entered the world, and increased in proportion to the increase of population. Adam was bored alone; then Adam and Eve were bored together; then Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel were bored ''en famille''; then the population of the world increased, and the peoples were bored ''en masse''. To divert themselves they conceived the idea of constructing a [[Tower of Babel|tower high enough to reach the heavens]]. This idea is itself as boring as the tower was high, and constitutes a terrible proof of how boredom gained the upper hand.' --''[[Either/Or]]'' (1843) - [[Søren Kierkegaard]] | + | :"Surely no one will prove himself so great a [[bore]] as to contradict me in this. . . . The gods were bored, and so they created [[man]]. [[Adam]] was bored because he was alone, and so Eve was created. Thus boredom entered the world, and increased in proportion to the increase of population. Adam was bored alone; then Adam and Eve were bored together; then Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel were bored ''en famille''; then the population of the world increased, and the peoples were bored ''en masse''. To divert themselves they conceived the idea of constructing a [[Tower of Babel|tower high enough to reach the heavens]]. This idea is itself as boring as the tower was high, and constitutes a terrible proof of how boredom gained the upper hand.' |
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The gods were bored, and so they created man is a dictum by Søren Kierkegaard recorded in Either/Or (1843).
- "Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. . . . The gods were bored, and so they created man. Adam was bored because he was alone, and so Eve was created. Thus boredom entered the world, and increased in proportion to the increase of population. Adam was bored alone; then Adam and Eve were bored together; then Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel were bored en famille; then the population of the world increased, and the peoples were bored en masse. To divert themselves they conceived the idea of constructing a tower high enough to reach the heavens. This idea is itself as boring as the tower was high, and constitutes a terrible proof of how boredom gained the upper hand.'
From a different translation:
- Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings. Adam was bored because he was alone; therefore Eve was created. Since that moment, boredom entered the world and grew in quantity in exact proportion to the growth of population. Adam was bored alone; then Adam and Eve were bored en famille. After that, the population of the world increased and the nations were bored en masse. To amuse themselves, they hit upon the notion of building a tower so high that it would reach the sky. This notion is just as boring as the tower was high and is a terrible demonstration of how boredom had gained the upper hand. Then they were dispersed around the world, just as people now travel abroad, but they continued to be bored. And what consequences this boredom had: humankind stood tall and fell far, first through Eve, then from the Babylonian tower.
Dutch translation
- "Omdat verveling toeneemt en omdat verveling de wortel van het kwaad is, kan het geen wonder zijn dat de wereld achteruitgaat en het kwaad toeneemt. Dit kwaad was al in het begin van de Wereld aanwezig. De Goden verveelden zich, en dus schiepen ze de mens..." [1]
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