Art and human nature xxiv

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Carlos G. Musso
Servicio de Nefrología. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Paula A. Enz
Servicio de Dermatología. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Abstract

Chronic boredom (acedia) is a negative spiritual state of man, consisting of a combination of apathy and restlessness, which leads him/her to oscillate between depression and the frantic search for distractions of self-destructive character. Additionally, its combination with the presence of psychopathic traits leads do evil as a way to relieve boredom. Gustave Flaubert perfectly reflected this condition in the character of Emma in his masterpiece Madame Bovary

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Published: 2016-06-30
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51987/Rev.Hosp.Ital.B.Aires.v36i2.684
Keywords:
boredom, Madame Bovary, Flauber

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Vol. 36 No. 2 (2016): Revista del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

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Humanities
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Musso CG, Enz PA. Art and human nature xxiv. Rev Hosp Ital B.Aires [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 30 [cited 2026 Jul. 31];36(2):79-80. Available from: https://ojs.hospitalitaliano.org.ar/index.php/revistahi/article/view/684

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Musso CG, Enz PA. Arte y naturaleza humana I. Rev. Hosp. Ital. B. Aires. 2010; 30(2):1-2

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