About the book: 2019 / English philosopher and writer Colin Wilson explored the curious human interaction of desire and malaise, which first makes us climb to acquire something, and then leaves us bored as soon as we get them. Noting that these same dynamics often thwart our highest aspirations, Wilson reminds us that talented "Outsiders" such as Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Van Gogh, T. E. Lawrence and William Blake had clear glimpses of a stronger and more meaningful image life, but still found themselves on the verge of suicide or insanity due to frustration in their daily lives. Private translation, publication, editing and conversion of this material into accessible e-book formats - carried out by private editor-publisher R. V. Yurkiv (Kyiv, 2019.)