“Raised as we are on the mythology of the Old Testament, we might say that an idyll is an image that has remained with us like a memory of Paradise: life in Paradise was not like following a straight line to the unknown; it was not an adventure. It moved in a circle among known objects. Its monotony bred happiness, not boredom.” HappinessMythologyParadiseEdenMonotonyLinear TimeCyclicalIdyllLost Eden Book:The Unbearable Lightness of Being Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being