Nuda a wstręt. Przesyt, ennui i wstręt do życia
Boredom and Disgust: Oversatiation, Ennui, and Disgust for Life

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the connections between the emotions of dis¬gust and boredom. For this purpose, the author refers to the findings of psychology of the emotions (including evolutionary psychology), linguistic connections, and literary and philosophical ideas. The relationship between boredom and disgust is shown on two complementary and interconnected levels: the feeling of oversatiation, and disgust for the world and one’s self – including its most radical form, disgust for existence itself. The article makes use of Jean-Paul Sartre’s concepts of taedium vitae, ennui, and nausea.

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