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BOREDOM IN PHILOSOPHICAL PRACTICE AND EXISTENTIAL THERAPY APPROACHES
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This paper considers boredom as a non-authentic modus of human existence, which includes emptiness of life and absence of fullness, as the opposite to an authentic modus, which means living full and meaningful life. From the one hand, by contrast, it could be used as a source of inspiration. From the other hand, from the deeper point of view, it could be used as an opportunity to manage self-transformation. We also used a classification of types of boredom by M. Heidegger - from the routine to the deep existential. We discuss similarities and differenties of the approaches to boredom in philosophical practice and existential psychotherapy. At the latter boredom could be related to the individual's isolation and to the meaningless life. Finally, a client could achieve the level of "normality", improve the quality of interpersonal relations and make his life meaningful. In the philosophical practice, boredom could be related to the overcoming of the routine life and to yearning for the deeper dimension of life.
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