"Alas for the dreamer. The most of consciousness that accompanies the awakening is the acutest of sufferings."
-Primo Levi (A survivor of a concentration camp Auschwitz)
2007-09-30 04:09:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
He who sleeps has no weight on there shoulders, he who is awake has pain an suffering. That is so true as we can all escape the troubles of life if we sleep, an we know that it will return once we wake......
2007-09-30 04:18:59 · answer #1 · answered by nightowl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sucks to wake up because the majority of your consciousness is suffering. In a concentration camp I'm sure that’s more true.
2007-09-30 11:14:16 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It appears to me he meant that he felt that most of the time if he wasn't dreaming that he was suffering greatly.
2007-09-30 11:20:04 · answer #3 · answered by Joe M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that there was so much day to day suffering ...sllep was the only escape...i can understand his reasoning...considering his circumstances
2007-09-30 11:14:42 · answer #4 · answered by jazzy l 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he prefered to stay asleep dreaming,as waking brought only pain...
2007-09-30 11:12:43 · answer #5 · answered by $andman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋