Schopenhauer and Ennui (acedia)
Channel: Anekantavad
Date: 2015-03-26

Did Schopenhauer declare the Noonday Demon to be invincible - and inevitable - and simply throw in the towel? It looks that way to me.

Wiki: Acedia (also accidie or accedie, from Latin acedĭa, and this from Greek ἀκηδία, "negligence") describes a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world. It can lead to a state of being unable to perform one's duties in life. Its spiritual overtones make it related to but arguably distinct from depression.[1] Acedia was originally noted as a problem among monks and other ascetics who maintained a solitary life.

The page I quoted from near the end https://thoughtsintrusive.wordpress.com/2015/01/01/the-demon-of-noonday/