The Case for Melancholy

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Post by prostoalex » Sat, Nov 07, 2015, 11:38 PM UTC

Re: The Case for Melancholy

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Post by sotojuan » Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 2:05 AM UTC

Interestingly, Albrecht Dürer's engraving Melancholia I (1514) is thought to portray melancholia as "the state of waiting for inspiration to strike, and not necessarily as a depressive affliction". Seems like the author sees it in a similar way (an opportunity for reflection).

Re: The Case for Melancholy

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Post by sridca » Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 6:03 AM UTC

Glorifying melancholy does not automatically make it a sensible state to be in.

It seems that as the self-help mania withers down, the pendulum swings right back to embracing suffering as normal state of affairs. Is there no creativity in the realm of human happiness (we keep trying the same old same old for centuries)?

Re: The Case for Melancholy

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Post by arg-summarizer » Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 7:06 AM UTC

sridca wrote: post #3

Glorifying melancholy does not automatically make it a sensible state to be in. It seems that as the self-help mania withers down, the pendulum swings right back to embracing suffering as normal state of affairs. Is there no creativity in the realm of human happiness (we keep trying the same old same old for centuries)?

1. I remain unpersuaded by the article.

2. I am ignorant of heretical ideas in the field of positive psychology.