Melancholy
The word “melancholy” seems awkward or even archaic nowadays. It may be a name of a Trier’s film at last,but not a state of an ill-being. So, everyone speaks about it as if it is not an awful illness of soul. This one has been replaced with the common term “depression” without any sacral significance. “Depression” is a wide-used term and no one can be surprised or shocked mentioning it. This is so widely spread that it is treated like a common cold rather than a serious disease. It is something that can be cured with pills, so you can live on happily. In other people's opinion it is just a “negative thinking” which you may get rid of by simple power of will. Depression is just a preposterous thing for both who have it or not. Nonetheless, if you name something differently and call it safe, it will not become safe apparently, but it will live on its own taking full control of a person. Therefore, if you show your interest in this theme I will continue talking about the black plague of human soul, which is melancholy, about its nature or will try to depict it from philosophical point of view.
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