ENGLISHFRENCH

Drawn and quartered

By Eugene Thacker , Richard Howard , E. M. Cioran

Book information

Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Year
2012
ISBN
1611456967, 978-1-61145-696-7, 9781611458565, 1611458560
Language
englishfrench
Format
EPUB
Filesize
208 kB (212948 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
186\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Modern -- 20th century. Truth.Modern.Philosophy

Description

In this collection of aphorisms and short essays, E.M. Cioran sets about the task of peeling off the layers of false realities with which society masks the truth. For him, real hope lies in this task, and thus, while he perceives the world darkly, he refuses to give in to despair. He hits upon this ultimate truth by developing his notion of human history and events as "a procession of delusions," striking out at the so-called "Fallacies of Hope." By examining the relationship between truth and action and between absolutes, unknowables, and frauds, Cioran comes out, for once, in favor of being.

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