ABSTRACT
There must be arguments, even serious philosophical ones, for getting out of bed in the morning and continuing to do so every day. One usually does not question this act, which is followed by our daily duties, while we feel important and useful; however, the reasons for the whole process are not always so evident. For Péter Nádas (b. 1942), the literary hero of Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov’s novel Oblomov seemed to be a born philosopher, since lying in his bed was a theoretical conclusion for him.
