Power of Distraction

Acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapter 1: Divertissement
1. Montaigne and Pascal, or the Difference between Ethics and Morality
2. The Sublime Misanthropist
3. A Man Alone in a Room
4. Maine de Biran Criticizing (Voltaire Criticizing) Pascal
5. Assault on the Inner Citadel
6. Chasing a Hare
7. The Theory of Pleasure

Chapter 2: The Power of Flies
1. Augustine and Pascal
2. Serendipity
3. A Distracted Mathematician
4. Distraction and Trains of Thought
5. What is Essential is (In)visible to the Eye
6. Involuntary Memory
7. The Spider and the Connoisseur
8. 'The Entire History of You'

Chapter 3: Reverie
1. Dreams, Reveries, and Fantasies
2. Reveries and Childhood
3. Journey, Movement, and Solitude
4. Distraction and Automatism
5. The System of the Soul and the Beast, or the Dangers of Distraction
6. Distraction and Somnambulism
7. Reveries and the History of Madness
8. Distraction and Common Sense
9. Idleness and Laziness

Conclusion: Distraction and Laughter

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Philosophy of attention; concentration; cognitive psychology; ability to focus; attention span; technological invasion; philosophy of art; creative process; philosophy of resistance; subversion; Bergson; Rousselle; Baudelaire; Montagine