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15 de jun. de 1992 · On the Heights of Despair. "This book saved my life". So recalls the Romanian philosopher E. M. Cioran about a book that meditates on madness and death, the absurdity of existence, and the agony of consciousness. Cioran finds in our darkest fears not only reasons to continue living but also the comic, absurd humor in doing so.
15 de jun. de 1992 · On the Heights of Despair shows Cioran's first grappling with themes he would return to in his mature works: despair and decay, absurdity and alienation, futility and the irrationality of existence. It also presents Cioran as a connoisseur of apocalypse, a theoretician of despair, for whom writing and philosophy both share the "lyrical virtues" that alone lead to a metaphysical revelation.
- E. M. Cioran
On the Heights of Despair. “No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it is all the same whether you cry or remain silent.”. Emil Cioran. On the Heights of Despair. “Tears do not burn except in solitude.”. Emil Cioran.
4 de set. de 2010 · To be ill means to live, willingly or not, on the heights of despair. But such heights presuppose deep chasms, fearful precipices—to live on the heights means to live near the abyss. One must fall in order to reach the heights. But grace is a state of contentment, even happiness, and it knows neither abyss nor agony.
On the Heights of Despair shows the philosopher's first grappling with themes he would return to in his mature works: despair and decay, absurdity and alienation, futility and the irrationality of existence. Yet the bracing verve of Cioran's writing and his earthy good humor point toward the elegant stylist of later works.
first nihilistic book, on the heights of despair. his father, a priest, and his mother, head of the christian women's league, kept a very low profile, and weathered the storm by hiding in the house with the lights off and going to bed very early for weeks on end. a reader of cioran's entire oeuvre easily gets caught up in the game of making
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