What is boredom, when does it occur, what does it have in common with melancholy and depression, can it be overcome by an act of will or turned into a source of inspiration? The Norwegian philosopher Lare Svendsen tries to answer these and many other questions in his treatise “The Philosophy of Boredom.” According to the author, such a multifaceted phenomenon as boredom has been little studied, although boredom is a state in which we often find ourselves, but rarely think about it. This is a kind of fundamental existential experience. The book "Philosophy of Boredom" quotes texts from various sources - philosophical studies, works of fiction, from treatises on psychology, theology and sociology.