[kerabatsos]

Coming from a highly prolific author who rarely kept idle it’s an interesting observation - though, and as the author of the article points out, it’s likely a perspective on a theme that he debates himself either/or...and of course it goes without saying that Kierkegaard was an absolute genius and well worth reading!

[hliyan]

On the topic of idleness, you may also find Russell's In Praise of Idleness interesting (it has been discussed on HN before)

https://harpers.org/archive/1932/10/in-praise-of-idleness/

It is where the following famous quote comes from:

"First of all: what is work? Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so."

[pesmhey]

He was fairly open about his ground depression as well.