The Arcades Project - Operi

his life, was incapable of developing regular habits. Habits are the armature of
long experience , whereas they are decomposed by individual experiences
. [J62a,2]
A paragraph of the 'Diapsalmata ad Be ipsum" deals with boredom. It closes with
the sentence: "My soul is like the Dead Sea, over which no bird can fly; when it has
flown midway, then it sinks down to death and destruction." Soren Kierkegaard,
Entweder-Oder (Jena, 1911), vol. 1, p. 33. Compare " I am a graveyard that the
moon abhors" ("'Spleen II ,, ).:n2 [J62a,3]
Melancholy, pride, and images. '''Carking care is my feudal castle. It is built like an
eagle's nest upon the peak of a mountain lost in the clouds. No one can take it by
storm. From this abode I dart down into the world of reality to seize my prey; hut
I do not remain down there, I bear my quarry aloft to my stronghold. What I
capture are images." Soren Kierkegaard, Entweder-Oder (Jena, 1911), vol. 1,
p. 38 (1.l.Diapsalmata ad se ipsum ,, ).:m [J62a)4]
On the use of the term