Deep tiredness enables a special kind of perception and calm

Evidence

Tiredness enables the human being to experience singular calm [Gelassenheit], serene not-doing. It is not a state in which the senses languish or grow dull. Rather, it rouses a special kind of visibility. — Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society, 82

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Desire is experienced as sleep-like bodily languor, unlike appetites kept at a distance.; Fatigue becomes bearable or intolerable only through reflective consciousness conferring value — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1103; Primary-care depression patients present fatigue, not sadness — Alain Ehrenberg, The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing…, 639