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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

An Old Word for a Weary Feeling

Huh. I didn't know there was a word for this feeling. I've heard this word before, but I didn't know what it meant.

"Weltschmerz (from the German, meaning world-pain or world-weariness, pronounced [ˈvɛltʃmɛɐ̯ts]) is a term coined by the German author Jean Paul and denotes the kind of feeling experienced by someone who believes that physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind. This kind of world view was widespread among several romantic authors such as Lord Byron, Giacomo Leopardi, François-René de Chateaubriand, Alfred de Musset, Nikolaus Lenau, Hermann Hesse, and Heinrich Heine. It is also used to denote the feeling of anxiety caused by the ills of the world."

Source:Wikipedia


This post originally appeared on the Dog-Eared Dragon Facebook Page February 2, 2016

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