Émile Michel Cioran




Émile Michel Cioran

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born
April 08, 1911

died
June 20, 1995

place of birth
Răşinari

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avg rating: 4.12 | 555 ratings | 48 reviews | 51 distinct works | 8 fans
On the Heights of Despair On the Heights of Despair
by Émile Michel Cioran
avg rating 4.19 — 85 ratings — published 1990
7 editions
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A Short History of Decay A Short History of Decay
by Émile Michel Cioran
avg rating 4.21 — 84 ratings — published 1975
9 editions
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The Trouble With Being Born The Trouble With Being Born
by Émile Michel Cioran
avg rating 4.20 — 80 ratings — published 1973
12 editions
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The Temptation to Exist The Temptation to Exist
by Émile Michel Cioran, Richard Howard (Translator), Susan Sontag (Introduction)
avg rating 3.98 — 51 ratings — published 1972
11 editions
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Tears and Saints Tears and Saints
by Émile Michel Cioran
avg rating 3.94 — 36 ratings — published 1988
7 editions
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Anathemas and Admirations Anathemas and Admirations
by Émile Michel Cioran
avg rating 3.96 — 27 ratings — published 1991
3 editions
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All Gall is Divided: Aphorisms All Gall is Divided: Aphorisms
by Émile Michel Cioran
avg rating 4.18 — 22 ratings — published 1952
9 editions
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History and Utopia History and Utopia
by Émile Michel Cioran
avg rating 4.17 — 18 ratings — published 1960
8 editions
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Drawn and Quartered Drawn and Quartered
by Émile Michel Cioran
avg rating 3.87 — 15 ratings — published 1983
3 editions
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Ese Maldito Yo Ese Maldito Yo
by Émile Michel Cioran
avg rating 4.80 — 10 ratings — published 1986
4 editions
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"A zoologist who observed gorillas in their native habitat was amazed by the uniformity of their life and their vast idleness. Hours and hours without doing anything. Was boredom unknown to them? This is indeed a question raised by a human, a busy ape. Far from fleeing monotony, animals crave it, and what they most dread is to see it end. For it ends, only to be replaced by fear, the cause of all activity. Inaction is divine; yet it is against inaction that man has rebelled. Man alone, in nature, is incapable of enduring monotony, man alone wants something to happen at all costs—something, anything.... Thereby he shows himself unworthy of his ancestor: the need for novelty is the characteristic of an alienated gorilla."
Émile Michel Cioran
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"It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late."
Émile Michel Cioran
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"If we could truly see ourselves the way others see us we'd disappear on the spot."
Émile Michel Cioran
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