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>I had never considered the difference between solitude and loneliness before. I had but only after I stumbled across this quote on the internet, one of my fav
by Kenji 10y ago
>I had never considered the difference between solitude and loneliness before.
I had but only after I stumbled across this quote on the internet, one of my favourite:
Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone. - Paul Tillich
- ianai 10y agoSuch a wild thought to me. I NEED my solitude. It's always been such an important part of my life.
- Kenji 10y agoTo clarify: I am not a native English speaker and I hadn't thought about the words themselves before seeing that quote. In German, there is no clear distinction like that. Of course, I also need my solitude.
- hibbelig 10y agoIn German we have the two adjectives "einsam" (lonely) and "allein" (alone), and I guess the second one goes with solitude. So the concepts are there.
- Kenji 10y agoHm, I guess that's true. I just didn't look at them the same way because to me, both feel more like they refer to loneliness.
- tremon 10y agoDutch also has "eenzaam" (lonely) en "alleen" (single, singular), but neither really confer the same meaning as "solitude". The closest expression in Dutch is probably "op zichzelf", but that still describes a fact, while solitude (feels to me like it) expresses an emotion.