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Re:Fernando Pessoa: Office Worker, Occultist, Galaxy of Writers by vasco on Monday August 16, 2021 @06:25AM (#28196587)
Pessoa dealt with several major depressions during his lifetime and was very aware of them. If anything he wallowed in his depressions. This is all documented. I love his books so I'm biased, but this is too much of a dismissive comment about a writer with a great body of work. If anything I think his struggles improved his writing which can help people deal with their own depressive moods, even if it prevented him from leading a happy life himself.
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Re:Fernando Pessoa: Office Worker, Occultist, Galaxy of Writers by sharikous on Monday August 16, 2021 @07:59AM (#28197075)
I did not mean to dismiss him, sorry if it seemed that way.

I enjoyed some of his works. You can admire his work but not follow his lifestyle, that's I think relevant for many artists.

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Re:Fernando Pessoa: Office Worker, Occultist, Galaxy of Writers by soneca on Monday August 16, 2021 @09:57AM (#28198132)
It felt a dismissive comment for me too, but I think the main point of GP is that you are wrong about Pessoa being ”in denial” of his depression.
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