Britney Spears, Guillaume Canet, Selena Gomez, Stromae, or more recently Lewis Capaldi… All these everyday celebrities that we sometimes envy have dealt with overwork. And if there is good fatigue after an effort, at the end of a marathon for example, it is difficult to be proud and tired at the same time when excessive work has serious consequences on our daily lives. Among other things, when we no longer find motivation. But can we say that we are lazy, that we don’t want to do anything, nonetheless?
In this episode of “Pop Philosophie”, it is about Baudelaire, the “sleep of the Just” and exhaustion of the soul.
Éric Fiat, associate professor of philosophy, teacher-researcher, and professor at the University of Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, takes up “Alexander the Blessed” to help us see more clearly the concept of laziness. A video can be found at the top of this article.