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192 pages • first pub 1973 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780241467275
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Edition Pub Date: 29 October 2020
The book is ideal for readers who seek deeply philosophical and introspective explorations of existential despair and the human condition, presented through sharp, aphoristic reflections.
Description
Disaster, according to the caustically brilliant philosopher E. M. Cioran, lies not in the prospect of our deaths, but in the fact of our birth, that 'laughable accident'. In these pessimistic, nihilistic and darkly funny aphorisms, he strips the ...
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Moods
reflective: 80%
dark: 73%
challenging: 44%
sad: 25%
funny: 24%
emotional: 22%
inspiring: 13%
informative: 9%
tense: 9%
relaxing: 5%
mysterious: 2%
adventurous: 1%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Mental illnessModerate
Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, DeathMinor
War192 pages • first pub 1973 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780241467275
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Edition Pub Date: 29 October 2020
The book is ideal for readers who seek deeply philosophical and introspective explorations of existential despair and the human condition, presented through sharp, aphoristic reflections.
Description
Disaster, according to the caustically brilliant philosopher E. M. Cioran, lies not in the prospect of our deaths, but in the fact of our birth, that 'laughable accident'. In these pessimistic, nihilistic and darkly funny aphorisms, he strips the ...
Community Reviews
Moods
reflective: 80%
dark: 73%
challenging: 44%
sad: 25%
funny: 24%
emotional: 22%
inspiring: 13%
informative: 9%
tense: 9%
relaxing: 5%
mysterious: 2%
adventurous: 1%
Pace
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Mental illnessModerate
Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, DeathMinor
War