The Trouble With Being Born by E.M. Cioran

The Trouble With Being Born

E.M. Cioran with Richard Howard (Translator)

192 pages first pub 1973 (view editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
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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.

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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%


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31% of readers chose medium
43% of readers chose slow
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