THE SCARIEST PHILOSOPHER OF ALL TIME

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  • @Sisyphus55
    @Sisyphus55  3 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    A huge thanks to Ridge for sending me this wallet and supporting my channel! Here’s the site if you'd be interested in simplifying your pocket game ;) > www.ridge.com/SISYPHUS

    • @alexandredominish2249
      @alexandredominish2249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      how is this comment 9 hours old if the video is only 10 minutes old, what is time, are we even real, does this even matter?

    • @JonkoJointson
      @JonkoJointson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alexandredominish2249 private videos? Editing video before publication is pretty common

    • @doomcow99
      @doomcow99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      your starting to blow up my guy, well deserved! much love

    • @LosTheGuy
      @LosTheGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Video posted 4 hours ago, but the comment was posted 13 hours ago?

    • @user-kc7se9te7g
      @user-kc7se9te7g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JonkoJointson he was waiting for an ok from the sponser

  • @Sakshi-hk3kz
    @Sakshi-hk3kz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +871

    "If I didn't write, I could have become an assassin. A book, is a suicide postponed."
    - Cioran

  • @andreit3291
    @andreit3291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4672

    Didn't even kill himself. As a romanian, I find this offensive.

    • @nguyenhoanglong420
      @nguyenhoanglong420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Scariest Philosopher hahaha ! Laughs in KARL MARX

    • @-KingRat
      @-KingRat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      RIP David Berman

    • @IgNaceus
      @IgNaceus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Right? Mainländer was the real thing.

    • @nguyenhoanglong420
      @nguyenhoanglong420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You will know THE TRUE TERROR UNTIL SOME RUSSIA PHILOSOPHER LIKE VLADIMIR LENIN OR GERMAN PHILOSOPHER KARL MARX :)

    • @jefekeefsosa4998
      @jefekeefsosa4998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@nguyenhoanglong420 moron

  • @karina-iy9cf
    @karina-iy9cf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6819

    ah yes, wanting to be anything but romanian, the universal romanian experience

    • @rileyawesomsauce
      @rileyawesomsauce 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      all the romanians ive ever known wouldnt ever shut up about their heritage

    • @Victor-my1hi
      @Victor-my1hi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +303

      @@rileyawesomsauce that doesn't mean they wanted to be romanians :))))

    • @surrealdynamics4077
      @surrealdynamics4077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      @@DdraigGoch84 Yeah, just like Argentina. We're a bunch of nationalists who despise our own country, ironically.

    • @delve_
      @delve_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +211

      @Titus Monk "They hate their government and think of it as more of a criminal organisation..."
      Why did you say "government" twice?

    • @karina-iy9cf
      @karina-iy9cf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      i've always wanted to create yt comment drama🥰

  • @markcarey67
    @markcarey67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +544

    Cioran: "I wish I never was born"
    Cioran's mum : "I agree"

    • @ludareinoso381
      @ludareinoso381 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@QVUTDN he was fucking happy about it

  • @ThySupremeFriend
    @ThySupremeFriend 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4023

    "God is dead": boring, dumb, uncool
    "God is an amateur craftsman": fresh, interesting, intellectual

    • @TheSolitaryEye
      @TheSolitaryEye 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      next level play: God is an undead, unskilled idiot that doesn't even realize he created us.

    • @andilehlubi8017
      @andilehlubi8017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@TheSolitaryEye isn't that azathoth.

    • @EdwardMunz
      @EdwardMunz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Even better: God is a corpse, as is being. And that's the explanation to entropy, as it is decomposing. Life is just a remnant. - Mainländer

    • @Zedigan
      @Zedigan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      God left us unfinished, on purpose. Not because he wants to see us suffer in our imperfection but because he himself is too stupid to see imperfection from perfection. We are to god what the burning bowl of milk and cereal is to Homer, if Homer had the ego and confidence as a chef of Gordon Ramsay.

    • @whynottalklikeapirat
      @whynottalklikeapirat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What is god anyway?

  • @plurbehgubgub
    @plurbehgubgub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2678

    “Life is arbitrary and meaningless, but why do I have to be Romanian bro?? It’s not fair!”

    • @Quidington
      @Quidington 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Emmerich August As a whole Romania at the time probably had less development than parts of Asia. Keep in mind millions still lived in poverty, and as the video states, for much of his life he lived in poverty. You should not assume, just because some parts of Europe were developed, all of Europe was developed

    • @Quidington
      @Quidington 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Emmerich August No need to be uncivil

    • @Quidington
      @Quidington 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Emmerich August Plus it wasn’t immediately obvious. You assume I understand everything you meant

    • @Limbaugh_
      @Limbaugh_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Emmerich August he probably would have rather been born in Africa to die of starvation

    • @xpartanreach
      @xpartanreach 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Emmerich August Bro, Rumania isn´t rich, just because it´s in Europe and they are white it doesn´t mean they are rich. In fact they are more or less as rich as Mexico or Brazil, and that´s now. 20 years ago they were as poor as Honduras.

  • @Undiddley
    @Undiddley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1992

    Weird thing is, Cioran was extremely funny and charming. There's a documentary about him on TH-cam and the old guy is adorable. Even when he says terrible things he's saying them in a playful, fun-loving way. Really, truly strange man.

    • @rickysilk5268
      @rickysilk5268 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      a truly strange man after my own heart

    • @ashzerodude
      @ashzerodude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Imma search now but if I don't find it, link

    • @Lonaticus
      @Lonaticus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      He's not the only one. A lot of Romanians share this trait. They also share his disdain for his own people..
      As for the humorous affinity, I'd argue the reason is one of our core philosophies, mockery of misery or "haz de necaz".

    • @Undiddley
      @Undiddley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@Lonaticus Ah, interesting...traits of a national character, eh? My country's history is deeply dark and tragic and, likewise, shares some of these traits. Spicy food and pitch black humor, that's us.

    • @Lonaticus
      @Lonaticus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@Undiddley Fatalism and Nihilism are extremely present in Romanian culture nowadays. Yet they are a subversion of our core ideals, which we have inherited from our ancestors, the Dacians. The Dacians saw death as a celebration of one's transition from this world. Christianity changed that perception and now death is seen as a cause for anxiety instead of celebration.
      So in that matter, in his disdain for Romanian Christian beliefs, Cioran is right. Yet, for all this, he fell for the honeytrap that is nihilism, even when he displayed a trait of our ancestors, mockery over misery.

  • @milesgardner2517
    @milesgardner2517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    Realism is often mistaken for strength. My grandfather said on his death bed, "I didn't think dying would be like this". He anticipated pain, but found no more than when he was living

    • @ginrummy426
      @ginrummy426 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's deep, holmes
      🙏

    • @ideologybot4592
      @ideologybot4592 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      kind of encouraging, actually.

    • @KHIBROs-SoftSounds
      @KHIBROs-SoftSounds ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @Private-Potato
      @Private-Potato ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s actually pretty thought provoking. Thanks for sharing.

  • @InfinitiSin
    @InfinitiSin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4041

    The scariest philosopher is that 19 year old edgy philosopher in everyone at one point.

    • @erikthegodeatingpenguin2335
      @erikthegodeatingpenguin2335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +355

      I'm 19 and I've been thinking about these kinds of things a lot lately. Your comment resonates with me for some reason

    • @InfinitiSin
      @InfinitiSin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +231

      Erik the God Eating Penguin
      Because I am you *takes of the hood*

    • @fahadhussain9381
      @fahadhussain9381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      same

    • @mjolninja9358
      @mjolninja9358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      InfinitiSin I was that when I was 15

    • @justanotherself3916
      @justanotherself3916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      @@erikthegodeatingpenguin2335 the next step is ovecoming the nihilism, and oh boy is fucking great.

  • @JVirago
    @JVirago 3 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    It's sad how he was relieved when his mom told him that she should have aborted him. But I feel him too.

    • @sorrychangedmyusername3594
      @sorrychangedmyusername3594 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      D K no, wtf.

    • @Crazeyfor67
      @Crazeyfor67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      She just hated that her son felt so bad. The statement had her love for him all over it.

    • @f.p.2010
      @f.p.2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Crazeyfor67 bruh no

    • @Gigachad-mc5qz
      @Gigachad-mc5qz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I wish mine did. I'm not gonna kill myself at least not yet idk. But i wish i never existed

    • @JVirago
      @JVirago 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Gigachad-mc5qz Life will get better. Hang in there

  • @Nobody_Special310
    @Nobody_Special310 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3552

    But who is the thiccest philosopher of all time?

    • @mjolninja9358
      @mjolninja9358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Ham Grenade that’s you

    • @kissingerfanpage
      @kissingerfanpage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +294

      Cardi B, ofc

    • @projectmalus
      @projectmalus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Hericlitus?

    • @jamespousson4569
      @jamespousson4569 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Easily Sartre

    • @kogasoldier9379
      @kogasoldier9379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      By "thiccest" do you mean physically large, philosophically deep, or intellectually inept?

  • @NoEnemiesRahim
    @NoEnemiesRahim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2406

    People back in the day :wow what a depressing man hopefully he finds happiness
    People now: what an edge lord lmao

    • @TiffanyRay
      @TiffanyRay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      Thats cause everybody is so called depressed that nobody takes it seriously anymore

    • @NoEnemiesRahim
      @NoEnemiesRahim 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Pink GhostFace social media

    • @karlmatthewpepito4439
      @karlmatthewpepito4439 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      The term depressed is so overused in media where everyone immediately identifies themselves as a depressed individual despite only feeling a bit lonely. It's really hard to determine who is who at this time. A much better solution to identify those is to come and see a therapist or something, not diagnosing ones self.

    • @PersonsUnknown
      @PersonsUnknown 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@TiffanyRay are people actually depressed or are they pretending to be

    • @jhinthevirtuoso4886
      @jhinthevirtuoso4886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@PersonsUnknown some are some arent

  • @cassylk22
    @cassylk22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    I swear every channel is sponsored either by Ridge wallets, Raycon earbuds or freaking Skillshare

    • @occultboi1891
      @occultboi1891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      and expressvpn

    • @DacLMK
      @DacLMK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just use sponsorblock and you'll never see those shit sponsors ever again.

    • @Uncouthed
      @Uncouthed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Forgot the manscaping stuff as well

    • @hz.kemalpasa2997
      @hz.kemalpasa2997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Don't forget ypur boy, RAID SHADOW LEGENDS, it has a PvP arena and hundreds of champions...

    • @harpot678
      @harpot678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They gotta get paid, so what to be done

  • @Bagel920
    @Bagel920 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1846

    This guys philosophy is that God got an F on his project he was making for life creation class.

    • @gabivermes2501
      @gabivermes2501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I'd like to think god is just really proud of his little shitty creations

    • @childnoirr
      @childnoirr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      pretty much. But God keeps creating. May have gotten an F now, but id say we are at B- currently

    • @hiphiphoogray
      @hiphiphoogray 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@childnoirr WHO SAID WE’RE BETTER NOW

    • @childnoirr
      @childnoirr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@hiphiphoogray me said 😭

    • @fliegendeskanguru8857
      @fliegendeskanguru8857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *a F

  • @xMXWLx
    @xMXWLx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    "Life is a failure of taste which neither death nor poetry succeeds in correcting." MUAH!!! Thats beautiful

    • @hailbaphomet
      @hailbaphomet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol Dude refuted his own sentence with the sentence he refuted.

  • @LudwinV
    @LudwinV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +547

    You forgot the most spooky part: He was friends with the grave keeper, as a child he played football (soccer) with human skulls.

    • @ivanmegafanboy1981
      @ivanmegafanboy1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Goth icon

    • @josefmuller86
      @josefmuller86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But did he play what UK says football means or what US says football means.

    • @MrVannspreder
      @MrVannspreder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@josefmuller86 UK football

    • @BNK2442
      @BNK2442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@josefmuller86 American Football, to the point I know, only exists in the USA, in other countries they play rugby.

    • @BNK2442
      @BNK2442 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@josefmuller86 American Football, to the point I know, only exists in the USA, in other countries they play rugby.

  • @samvidrajwar6424
    @samvidrajwar6424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    the scariest thing about this video was that random ass sponsor

    • @thatonedreamsomeonecrushed1912
      @thatonedreamsomeonecrushed1912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Agreed

    • @mcjcave18
      @mcjcave18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love hisoka

    • @grmpEqweer
      @grmpEqweer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Well...on your way through your guaranteed failures and down to your inevitable death, you can probably really use a good wallet!

  • @jordanwaskelis4913
    @jordanwaskelis4913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    I read On The Heights Of Despair a few months ago. When I was really sad I 'd pick it up. It was really comforting. I remember reading one of the aphorisms and being moved to tears from how beautifully he wrote about melancholy.

  • @guntertv304
    @guntertv304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    as a german-romanian i once found a book in my fathers library, it was a coection of letters by cioran. Some time after i started researching him and while i can say i am more optimistic than he is and see far more ways in kindness, his works often make me feel less alone in my suffering, cioran wrote a lot on death and suicide but actually never saw suicide as a valid option, more of a thought to comfort oneself. In an interview he once stated that his works don't acurately describe him as he only writes during moments of total dispair.
    This video was great! Learned something new

  • @elliewilson8177
    @elliewilson8177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +501

    >talking about pessimism and a desire to never have been born
    >shows a picture of Nietzsche
    C'mon man

    • @SpiderMan-gf1lc
      @SpiderMan-gf1lc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      This. I hate when people call Nietzsche a nihilist or a pessimist (this is literaly what I was taught in school). Heck, you can't even call him a misanthrope. Yes, he hated most people but that's because they're herd, and they're "tired of men" as he says in Genealogy of Morals.

    • @DerpASherpa117
      @DerpASherpa117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Nietzsche is easily the most misunderstood philosopher of all time. The irony is that he's so misunderstood, that even for people who understand him, it's simply easier to use people's misunderstanding of him to connect with people and make a point, even if Nietzsche himself would argue the point he was making was quite to the contrary of what most people think of his philosophy.
      It's one of the rare learning tools that is wrong but still useful in its wrongness that a lesson can be taught.

    • @NoName-qi7vx
      @NoName-qi7vx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@SpiderMan-gf1lc He did not hate people he "hated" humanity as a social construct and he was fair enough to include himself into that. He openly loved life and in most of his works he expressed this manically. One could make a psychoanalytical counter-argument that his extremely pathetic (as in full of pathos) love for life (eternal return) was a coping mechanism because he was a very physically sick man (there is some truth to that). Nietzsche wanted to overcome human limits which he saw as cultural and ingrained into language. This is actually his biggest strength- remember he was primarily a philologist. I dont even understand why so many people get nietzsche wrong. He is pretty straight forward and even hyperbolic and repetitive because he did not want to be misunderstood. His life philosophy is exactly opposed to being cynical and vain but kind and hospitable yet assertive and individualistic. Schopenhauer was more of a straight up misanthrope. Nietzsche was just very direct and polemic or "cheeky" when he made fun of the human condition. He is actually really funny, I laughed multiple times reading his work. I do get the gloomy view people have of nietzsche though. Sometimes I really did not buy his love of life and he appeared desperate to me. Still love the guy, he has had a big influence on my life.

    • @SpiderMan-gf1lc
      @SpiderMan-gf1lc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoName-qi7vx uuuh... Okay? Idk why you're talking like I called Nietzsche a misanthrope or a gloomy philosopher when I did the exact opposite lol

    • @NoName-qi7vx
      @NoName-qi7vx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@SpiderMan-gf1lc I wrote that for myself mostly. Did not mean to argue against you. Just wanted to see if I can put my thoughts into words

  • @ryanteey8333
    @ryanteey8333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +944

    If the people who use edgy anime profile pics on twitter or anywhere else has a CEO / final boss
    This guy is definetely it

    • @ryanteey8333
      @ryanteey8333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @Iron Ward Welp, that was idiotic. Off to hang myself, *_watch and lea-_*

    • @kelvinmatheus6178
      @kelvinmatheus6178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      calling the CEO of edgy

    • @mossmoss2019
      @mossmoss2019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      as a johan liebet avi on twitter, i will come forward and accept it

    • @funkyboy_22
      @funkyboy_22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Well, it sure looks like you work for him

    • @zackoz2202
      @zackoz2202 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ryanteey8333 I can't believe you just made me say that

  • @dannypreston9258
    @dannypreston9258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2271

    Sisyphus is just lofi philosophy
    Edit:only saw this now that I have 1.7 likes thanks for the likes! 😂

    • @dannypreston9258
      @dannypreston9258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @Dziordan1 sir or madam I can assure you it is of the utmost of compliments!

    • @marie20092010
      @marie20092010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It depends if you like lofi or not

    • @DarkAngelEU
      @DarkAngelEU 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@marie20092010 If you don't like lofi, I'd argue there's something wrong with you.

    • @MrBrightside44
      @MrBrightside44 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DarkAngelEU yes

    • @nguyenhoanglong420
      @nguyenhoanglong420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      THAT'S SO CUTE - SAID BY KARL MARX :)

  • @rentristandelacruz
    @rentristandelacruz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    "It's Cio Cio rabbit!"
    I hear this in Yorki's voice.

    • @surrealdynamics4077
      @surrealdynamics4077 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahaha

    • @bloodyhell8201
      @bloodyhell8201 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not a good year to be a nazi

    • @dethkon
      @dethkon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don’t understand what this means, but I also don’t care to. I think it’s a reference to a movie or television program, but I don’t plan to watch it.
      However, if it brings you joy, I am sincerely glad for it. 🙂

  • @ericgeorgescu3391
    @ericgeorgescu3391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    As a romanian, we learn little or never about Cioran in school. But what i truly think about Cioran and his life is that even tho he despised his existance and the mediocrity of people around him driven by tasteless music and sex, he still managed to be more full of life than the others. His opinions fueled his rage and his words and thus made him more of a human than others. He was born in the same cold world that both me and you were born into, but it always reflected into who he was, making him still a better person to spend time with than the faceless dolls we pass each day

    • @divad7137
      @divad7137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Humour is the only thing that makes your existence enjoyable. Instead of weeping over it just laugh defiantly at it and so rebel against the hipocrisy and mediocrity of it all. It is just funny. Make yourself meaning. Become who your trully are. But accept your reality. In our cas existence defines essence. No. Nothingness is the essence of existence and we can mold it into what we want it to be.

    • @justanotherself3916
      @justanotherself3916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I learned to not despise the so called "dolls we pass each day" because is not their fault no to be able to reflect about their existence.

    • @reedy_9619
      @reedy_9619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Facelessness is on you.
      You re taking to broad a look.
      Just like if you were saying there s nothing in a puddle or no animal life in a forest.
      Everyone has a face, just like everything becomes meaningless at a larger scale.

    • @paul-ye3ut
      @paul-ye3ut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@reedy_9619 your not comprehending what there saying

    • @ericgeorgescu3391
      @ericgeorgescu3391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      What I always believed is that people who are more sad and shy often prove to be more of a blast to hang around with. If someone is crippled or has features that difference him. life will always push him to be more open to others while living a life of solitude before he finds the right people. I just want to be sure I would have been a good friend to Cioran in life

  • @striker6677
    @striker6677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    It's strange to hear about philosophy I could have written if I were born 80 years sooner, maybe I should try writing before I die.

  • @goneutt
    @goneutt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Life is like junior soccer, you didn’t sign up and were made to do it by your mother

  • @diogenesthecynic1334
    @diogenesthecynic1334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I really thank you for taking a look in Cioran's life , being one of my most beloved philosophers , you've made my day.

  • @bobsucks9647
    @bobsucks9647 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wish I could go back in time and give this guy a joint

    • @Melnokina.-.
      @Melnokina.-. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😭😭 omg I'm going to have an extra bowl just for that 🌿🌬️

  • @cosminblk8359
    @cosminblk8359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +669

    As a romanian who spent his adolescence reading the entire work of Emil Cioran, I find this video ... innapropriate for someone who wants to find joy in modern philosophy.
    First of all, Cioran was, most of the time, a joker. He was propably the funniest philosopher that ever lived. Of course, a dark serious-minded sage at the top of the mountains will find his work as a silly pessimistic joke, but you should read him cum grano salis.
    Also, he was a good friend with Mircea Eliade (the greatest historian of religions, a fouvorite of Jordan Peterson tho), Eugen Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, Michaux and so on....
    He wasn't really a far-right guy, but he really detested the reign of Carol II, writting "The Transfiguartion of Romania" which criticized the romanian people, being slightly inferior or very inferior in comparison with other nations (e.g. Bulgaria and Serbians had empires, Romania not). Later on, Carol II established a dictatorship. He shortly moved in Berlin for his studies. He praised Hitler for a better treatment in Germany, but he wasn't an antisemite, his best friend was a jew, burned at Auszchwitz.
    He wrote mostly for him, his books were most likely some attractive thougts for his friends, he never imagined that he would ever gain succes.
    Just to be clear, I did't wrote this thing in order to defend Cioran and my adolescence, I think just that he can change your life for the better if you find a shelter in his words. Most of those informations were took from his interviews and a book called "Mon pays". I doubt that you can find a translation in english.

    • @fransiscalowcalityvega8010
      @fransiscalowcalityvega8010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Shut up and go practis honorisem

    • @AB-dy9fh
      @AB-dy9fh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Thanks for this

    • @ThisGuitarPlayerGuy
      @ThisGuitarPlayerGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      with the recc "him cum grano salis" did you mean the book by Randall Garret? Asking cause I'm interdust in reading but wanna make sure that's the correct writing

    • @symbungee
      @symbungee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Dziordan1 pretty heavy adolescence.

    • @Jason-my7ms
      @Jason-my7ms 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@ThisGuitarPlayerGuy "cum grano salis" is latin for "with a grain of salt"

  • @wpynaemnasuchegoprzestworo8336
    @wpynaemnasuchegoprzestworo8336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I owe Cioran a lot. I love his books. I recommend it to anyone who is looking for consolation in the most difficult times.

  • @Someguywithalotoftism
    @Someguywithalotoftism 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "Is life our exile? And nothingness our home?" Is such a terrifyingly beautiful line. I love ot dearly

  • @shadyganem5448
    @shadyganem5448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    "it has seriously changed my whole pocket situation". finally talking about the real issues in life

  • @Glaswoe
    @Glaswoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    He's was just born Goth.

  • @danielkilpatrick4873
    @danielkilpatrick4873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    This is just Dark Stoicism. Being born is something that just happens and I have the option to how I react to it.

    • @dethkon
      @dethkon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Daniel Kilpatrick Oh?

    • @brandoni.fernandez6059
      @brandoni.fernandez6059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      A very surface level way to look at it

    • @lalaiamuseless4606
      @lalaiamuseless4606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The malnourished, hurt children in war-torn countties... i womder what's their option to react... I feel so lucky to have a home, but when I think about them i Feel, rather...inherently meaningless bound by shackles of "Failure is not an option" sort of judgemental process of where I live.

    • @allisonsmith9343
      @allisonsmith9343 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      But in fragile vessels prone to such programmed loathing and harsh environments, while being born into such a loathsome and harsh world, most don’t have a easy option of deciding to be positive

    • @rubricatusseneca5770
      @rubricatusseneca5770 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@allisonsmith9343 in a realm devoid of any truth because the reality of post modernity forces you to find these truths for yourself. You are left devoid of reason. In a state of existential nihilism devoid of any power to adhere to, you become this power and create reason for yourself. You do not find goodness but find what you need to continue living. A search was never meant to be easy but a search for a subjective intangible value depends only on an individuals ability to recieve thier responsibility to design thier own destination. We search for what we lack, find what we must, and create what we should.

  • @Crazeyfor67
    @Crazeyfor67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I've read a few of Cioran books. He can express some of the most nihilistic/dark ideas one can imagine with very beautiful prose. In his own way he loved life.

  • @BenjaminBias
    @BenjaminBias 3 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    The dark red text on black background is difficult to read.

    • @tzughydogg7818
      @tzughydogg7818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Change the brightness to the max...at least that's what I did.

    • @sorrychangedmyusername3594
      @sorrychangedmyusername3594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Tzughy Dogg inefficient, waste of potential battery life.

    • @doeja5379
      @doeja5379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@sorrychangedmyusername3594 dude what a fuckin robotic response

    • @luckyleo88
      @luckyleo88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Im colourblind

    • @adriansaldom7627
      @adriansaldom7627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      it doesnt matter
      we all die

  • @shqip4207
    @shqip4207 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Most happy Balkan resident

  • @Porururidimu
    @Porururidimu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Emil Cioran in case anyone doesn't understand or know how it's spelt

    • @Simran-sy1zg
      @Simran-sy1zg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      thanks purple scholar !! :D

  • @davidlobaugh4490
    @davidlobaugh4490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My old man was a paramedic. He said many people just before death were calm, understood, and had peace with their demise; understandably disturbed, but without panic or terror. Usually had concern for their family but otherwise just went with the current. Perhaps he could've enjoyed his life if he had this vantage point as a child.

  • @kanacubana827
    @kanacubana827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I honestly find Cioran's work incredibly funny to read, for the most part. It maybe not have been what he wanted but to me there's obviously some really dark sense of humour that permeates his writing. I find a lot of the stuff he writes hard to take seriously, almost satirical of philosophy, but in some others he really nails it. An interesting man, nonetheless, even funnier that he lived 84 years, imagine his contempt.

  • @thecamileitorify
    @thecamileitorify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What an incredible video dude. your content is truly amazing!

  • @littlehitta1305
    @littlehitta1305 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for this, it’s eye opening since my ego was sensitive. I was in 10th grade making beats and starting up as a producer, your music won’t be so great most of the time till you find yourself as an artists, so the feedback id get would vary making music and for some reason everytime someone didn’t like the music, I could sense if they’re being genuine or not, and this would hurt my ego. I’d start thinking my music is bad, and I kept this state of mind till 2 years later. Growing as a producer I started to get better and many people told me some songs were really good, but still the ones who didn’t like my music would still hurt my ego and I’d stop music from time to time cuz of that. Idk I always felt like I needed society’s approval, and I tell myself I don’t but I still get sucked up in that state of mind, this video was very informative and thank you cuz it helped me see how to take things and to not put myself on to high expectations. I can’t please everyone and thank u for making me realize this

  • @lara3540
    @lara3540 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my god, I’m so glad I just discovered your channel on accident! I love philosophy (especially the darker sides of it) but often I’m too lazy to read into it, because most books about the subject are written way too complicated for my intellect, but you found such a great balance between explaining everything in an understandable and interesting way. Keep it up man!

  • @garlicninja1257
    @garlicninja1257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Do a profile of de Beauvoir!

    • @aname4141
      @aname4141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      De Beauvoir is arguably the chaddest female philosopher of all time

    • @deepstariaenigmatica2601
      @deepstariaenigmatica2601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wait is that one of those philosophers that signed to make pedophilia legal?

    • @mariabot
      @mariabot 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@deepstariaenigmatica2601although this is a late response, yes she is. Among most of the French philosophers who lived at that time.

  • @Wolfram___
    @Wolfram___ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ngl the idea of being an invincible victim is pretty damn inspirational

  • @jessewardmusic
    @jessewardmusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful presentation. This is my favorite video on TH-cam right now. I’ve listened to it quite a few times.

  • @tonimakkaroni182
    @tonimakkaroni182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This kind of way of thinking is fantastic. This is probably the most motivational video I have ever seen on TH-cam.

  • @zoekilgrenband
    @zoekilgrenband 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    seeing a mid-roll Arby’s ad during the video seemed oddly fitting

  • @paulfiore9852
    @paulfiore9852 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I've read maybe 6 Cioran titles. I won't wax on about astounding brilliance of his insights into despair and worthlessness, however, I will say that the more I read him, the more he makes me smile :)

  • @dgc622
    @dgc622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This channel is so amazing! I am glad I finally found it

  • @laylaeatstrees8689
    @laylaeatstrees8689 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video man I was going thru some deep depressions and this video helped me understand a bit of my pain

  • @NTA_Luciana
    @NTA_Luciana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    I used to be Cioran. I still am, but I used to, too

    • @skyluke9476
      @skyluke9476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      rip hedberg

    • @sethen132
      @sethen132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @ananyahegde8529
      @ananyahegde8529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You used to be Cioran. Now you are Cioran with Alzheimer's

  • @stoicdarkhorse
    @stoicdarkhorse 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    never been this early , or anywhere near fast in my life . lol

    • @DazraelArianos
      @DazraelArianos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *sings* Like a virgin!!!

    • @preciousabang8233
      @preciousabang8233 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love me a good corpse reveal

    • @DazraelArianos
      @DazraelArianos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@preciousabang8233 how did you know I was born dead? XP

    • @JayseeYT
      @JayseeYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're not early you're on time

    • @pheonixrises11
      @pheonixrises11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I want one of these to be posted 2 years after the original post date

  • @ironyelegy
    @ironyelegy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    im always so concerned about these mental prisons. makes it so hard to operate without exploding into tears of despair. whether its pursuing a metaphysical existence or finally resting its just hard. i just want peace.

  • @Wtfevenisthepointofus
    @Wtfevenisthepointofus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really enjoying this channel so far.

  • @forddunn1638
    @forddunn1638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Sad and sleepless, uncomfortably familiar

  • @el_dee_cee
    @el_dee_cee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I read Cioran's A Short History of Decay after watching The School Of Life's video on him, and I wonder whether that channel falls into the trap of romanticising depression. Alain De Botton always has to squeeze a positive out of everything but sometimes thinking isn't meant to be a feel good exercise

    • @ceejaytwoyoshi8536
      @ceejaytwoyoshi8536 ปีที่แล้ว

      I mean tbf wanting to have someone to share your depressive and pessimistic ideas with does seem pretty enticing and that seems to be the positive that Alain de Botton wants us to take away. but tbf being in a community of pessimists (especially one that is full of the types of pessimists that would rather laugh at life's expense rather than wallow in their misery like Cioran) is definitely a slippery slope, but misery loves company, I guess.

  • @bluesuzaku3229
    @bluesuzaku3229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Being pessimistic only distracts you from your suffering for so long.

    • @bluesuzaku3229
      @bluesuzaku3229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awareness of suffering alone doesn't improve one's mentality. There is a diffrence between accepting one's suffering to move beyondi it, and seeing nothing but misery as the only possibility life has to offer.

    • @PersonsUnknown
      @PersonsUnknown 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Death is too good for some people.

  • @chancebeeman4949
    @chancebeeman4949 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i always find myself coming to this channel after a good acid come down. very nice videos❤️

  • @alrightythen3148
    @alrightythen3148 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    3:26 was he talking about the woman's soul bearing a corpse ready to die, or is he talking about the woman's womb bearing a "corpse" or we call them, babies.

    • @truther249
      @truther249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I think the latter, but maybe both

    • @DazraelArianos
      @DazraelArianos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ..... I was born dead then resuscitated. XD

    • @Querymonger
      @Querymonger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It's about how all humans are doomed to die eventually, and therefore the baby she carries is already a "corpse"

    • @leonhardeuler9839
      @leonhardeuler9839 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @redpilledm5613
      @redpilledm5613 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is talking about the uncertainty part of a pregnancy. No idea, boy or girl/ dead or alive.

  • @jonashallgren4446
    @jonashallgren4446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was really interesting and a tad bit depressing too, good stuff as usual!

  • @Jr-ik7ux
    @Jr-ik7ux 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Been subscribed for awhile now and I have to say the quality of videos has only improved

  • @heyitsmed4556
    @heyitsmed4556 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I cant express the joy that comes from people discussing cioran

  • @nowhereman6019
    @nowhereman6019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Well, it looks like I've finally found a philosopher who came to the exact same conclusions I have about life.

    • @V01DIORE
      @V01DIORE 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ayyyy

    • @sorrychangedmyusername3594
      @sorrychangedmyusername3594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ayyyy

    • @Crazeyfor67
      @Crazeyfor67 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey I've seen you in a favorite movie of mine! Just wanted to say I really enjoyed your performance!

  • @suggsugg7177
    @suggsugg7177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There's a definite spiritual tinge, besides buddhist influences, where suffering is seen as producing great metamorphoses and the most valuable metaphysical revelations.

  • @senaesul3128
    @senaesul3128 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Killing it with uploads! Sincerely hope you're doing well friend :)

  • @grandhierophantkhatep685
    @grandhierophantkhatep685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This actually made me feel better about me and my failures

  • @blackchrysler
    @blackchrysler ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Happiest man in romania

  • @mateoatehortua3716
    @mateoatehortua3716 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cioran is my favorite author in the entire world

  • @dcinitials3140
    @dcinitials3140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Quit drinking 5years ago, and my life has found a new spirit, im glad I don't have children for this idea of life. I don't like people or how the world works. But I'm here and will endure this hell. I will make the best of what I have and be grateful I came to a understanding. I give my pets all my love and I get it back when I look into their eyes. Just because I don't like the world around me doesn't mean I have to be a monster or with out cause. Try to enjoy life and take each experience as a stepping stone to where you are going. Reality is Perspective.

    • @user-hr4wt4ke5v
      @user-hr4wt4ke5v 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Удачи, вы молодец😊

  • @discon_csert
    @discon_csert 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for your content.

  • @chaoticstorm8145
    @chaoticstorm8145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Sometimes I wonder if guys like this ever had subjective fun in life. Philosophy is cool and thinking about the abyss is great and all when you're alone, but if you've ever had just a day around friends or people you enjoy being around then its hard, nearly impossible to keep this kind of mindset 24/7. Sure we may be temporary in the vast expanse of infinity, but I'd rather enjoy my short time on this planet then be a total bummer to everyone I'm around.

    • @JonathanOvetskiy
      @JonathanOvetskiy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Maybe this man didn't have friends and spent the majority of his time reading/learning/and writing philosophy. I had a professor at my college like this, he spent all day just doing philosophy. But what sounds fun is if you have friends that also like philosophy and you can talk with them about it.

    • @inefabil5686
      @inefabil5686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@JonathanOvetskiy Cioran was actually described by his friends as a really funny guy, despite his pessimistic philosophy. He even saved one of his best friends (Eugene Ionesco) from suicide.

    • @thegrandnil764
      @thegrandnil764 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Phliosophy is cringe, if your a phliosopher youve already failed

    • @memitim171
      @memitim171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@thegrandnil764 Like you failed English?

    • @thegrandnil764
      @thegrandnil764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@memitim171 chad live in a cabin in the woods

  • @paul-ye3ut
    @paul-ye3ut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    He wasn't the scariest philosopher he was he could just see the absurdity of the world we lived in and he called it out he basically embodied the terror management theory

    • @thegrandnil764
      @thegrandnil764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Uh huh, and is this absurdity something objective you can prove, or does it just live in your intuitive experence?

    • @paul-ye3ut
      @paul-ye3ut 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thegrandnil764 kind of yes to any logical person I can explain how absurd this world is but not every sees things the same in short were all living just to die every thing in the universe will die including the universe itself so isn't it kinda crazy that we all still so much pointless blood shed war even morals and preservation of life is kinda pointless

    • @thegrandnil764
      @thegrandnil764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@paul-ye3ut Well I disagree whole heatedly, all these cinical phliosophies rely on nothing but internal intuituition. I'm a very happy person and my life is amazing, so not only do these phliosophies seem kinda just edgy doomer shit, its almost hard to take it as anything more then people stating "I am depressed" through phliosophy.

    • @antoinemayrand7348
      @antoinemayrand7348 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@thegrandnil764, well it's not really internal intuition, it's more like a different perspective towards life. Like, if you look at it, life is absurd. What makes it that people have to suffer, and others have great lives like you? And just the meaningless of it all, that no matter what, someday, anything you ever did, accomplish, will be gone, not even memories of it will be left. This is how absurd life is, but that's only my perspective on it. Like this philosopher, who just saw life as a mistake instead of a gift for others. We have all our views on life, and that's the beauty of philosophy.

  • @heidimelcarek3677
    @heidimelcarek3677 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow. Just wow. Thank you for this. Never heard of this guy before.

  • @kensvideos1
    @kensvideos1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your work.

  • @anapheles
    @anapheles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Do one on Arthur Schopenhauer please :)

  • @souljacem
    @souljacem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Love you Sisypuhus, what is the painting at 06:35 called?

    • @trombone7
      @trombone7 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_Horses_in_the_Studio,_A_Self_Portrait_by_Gustav_Adolph_Friedrich.jpg
      Painting Horses in the Studio, A Self Portrait by Gustav Adolph Friedrich

  • @JVirago
    @JVirago 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like it. Thanks for another informative video Sisyphus 55. I'd love to see a video explaining your own personal philosophy. Do you have one?

  • @thatguynoonelikes4865
    @thatguynoonelikes4865 ปีที่แล้ว

    like a perfect Halloween special for this channel

  • @temirlankasmaliev9322
    @temirlankasmaliev9322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Feels like he accepted this and moved on, findind what he was searching throughout his lifetime. Thanks for the video.

  • @lichenthug
    @lichenthug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    4:11 THIS MAN WAS THE JOKER BEFORE IT WAS COOL

  • @ntrunnrracl
    @ntrunnrracl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    love your vids man

  • @sanny8716
    @sanny8716 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ridge wallet ad narrayed in a youtube video essay voice is one of the funniest things I've heard this month XD

  • @TimBitten
    @TimBitten 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’m probably odd in that I found many of his thoughts supremely hilarious, but then again you did mention his humorous aspects. I think he’s right about much, but was missing some of the keys that Camus discovered about living it up despite the fact that it might not have permanent meaning or grand purpose. That, and curtailing one’s hedonism just enough not to cause misery to loved ones, is my answer to the problem of existence! Come what may, devil may care, see yourself as the heroic character who falls flat on his ass to humiliating waves of laughter, gets up, and joins right in with sincerity.
    It’s all just a dream, right? See you, space cowboy. You’re gonna carry that weight.

  • @howardjamespatterson4119
    @howardjamespatterson4119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Toured Romania a couple years ago and loved it . The country is beautiful ,it's history is fascinating , the food was great , the friendly people are descendants of the many nations , original and invaders from all directions . It is certainly understandable how its social\political turmoil over the century's could cause an intelligent sensitive artist enough sturm und drang . I'm optimistic about the future of Dacia and have many treasured memories of the people , multi-culture ,historic sites and countryside .

    • @alexverdigris9939
      @alexverdigris9939 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The future of Dacia became brighter at the point that it was bought by Renault.

    • @KeillaSellay
      @KeillaSellay ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@alexverdigris9939
      Those evil evil Renaultians

  • @dannygasparyan4902
    @dannygasparyan4902 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, thank you

  • @edeusdisse2630
    @edeusdisse2630 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    finally! thanks for this

  • @AlejandroBellizzitheperson
    @AlejandroBellizzitheperson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Major depressive here. This makes me feel happy. I like this.

  • @TheUglyLeague
    @TheUglyLeague 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Don't call yourself a pessimist unless you are at least this sad 😤😤😤

  • @pointblank3409
    @pointblank3409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The wallet ad was a mood killer

  • @glorbojibbins2485
    @glorbojibbins2485 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love ur show my guy ❤️

  • @JacksJunkDrawer
    @JacksJunkDrawer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Last time I was this early, "The Bridge" was an acceptable thing to say to PewDiePie

    • @user-ux2ho6ps7j
      @user-ux2ho6ps7j 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Fuck off

    • @thegrammarcrusader4085
      @thegrammarcrusader4085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why isn't it acceptable to say "the bridge" to pewdiepie anymore?

    • @____-pb1lg
      @____-pb1lg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thegrammarcrusader4085 coz of the n-word

    • @thegrammarcrusader4085
      @thegrammarcrusader4085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@____-pb1lg what does that have to do with "The Bridge?", would you mind to elaborate?

    • @thegrammarcrusader4085
      @thegrammarcrusader4085 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Noah-wv4td oh, ok. Thanks.

  • @baldoggie
    @baldoggie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Didn't even kill romanian. As a offensive, I find this himself

  • @phoeenix157
    @phoeenix157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you want a bit more detailed introduction to Cioran, I'd recommend listening to the 2 episodes that my boy Stephen West from the "Philosophize this" podcast made on him. He makes quite a comforting argument as to how much of Cioran's writing can be underrstood as an affirmation of life - really liked it.

  • @VictorianTimeTraveler
    @VictorianTimeTraveler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've had insomnia for about five years now and I find skulls aesthetically pleasing

  • @ryandontlikeyou
    @ryandontlikeyou 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    If this dude would've been around in the time of tumblr he'd go viral

  • @johntheodore8047
    @johntheodore8047 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a dangerous philosophy. Maybe add the suicide hotline number in the description just in case.

    • @SeqZZ
      @SeqZZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Suicide hotline sucks

    • @firefromfire4429
      @firefromfire4429 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What philosophy? what he wrote was not philosophy.

  • @lalitborabooks
    @lalitborabooks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Read 25 pages of ‘A Short History of Decay’ in 2019. I’m still recuperating.

  • @ryleexiii1252
    @ryleexiii1252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My favorite passage from Cioran is the one where he talks about fighting seagulls.