Rebel Rebel Rebel.. No one can think for another no one can forgive for another no one can learn for another.. We are all created unique complete individual Immaculate conceptions from first light learning the infinite Powerhouse of our mind 369 bodyin spirit.. Conscious atonement power 3 sets all captives free from all the chains that bind us. Luciferian knowledge of what is love what is light what is third eye sight says I am light Never Dies death is our illusion through the terrible twos of childhood in Mercy Mercy Me and our promise rest is real o Israel as we see third eye vision power 3 sets all captives free from all the chains that bind us MeTAtron's MAtriX3x3 OM'E... "The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental." "As above, so below; as below, so above.” "Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates." Everything is ALLMIND369 OVEONE IAM=O=QuantuM⚖️ ALLMIND IN 3in1MINDS Body Spirit OVE light*3÷7 color*3÷7 sound*3÷7.. infinite all mind in Trinity every thought has an opposite charge of itself. ♂️+01=0=-01♀️ Riding the waves through our moments in equilibrium is A NEW beginning in masteRING3X369 of our OWN each individual unique complete Immaculate conceived MIND 1IN3💚3IN1 of IAM 1LOVES Light3 3 above our heArt 3 below 7 sums 7SUMS CREATION ALLMIND frequency vibration in THOUGHTS charge MC² in WAVES OVE 3SOUNDs7 1Frequency. ... Amplitude. ... 2Timbre. ... Envelope. ... ***3Velocity. ... Wavelength. ... Phase =SUM.7 3 Lights7: 1 radio waves,÷ microwaves, 2infrared (IR)÷ visible light, ***3ultraviolet ÷ X-rays Sum Gamma rays SUM7x 6 COLORs 7 1 Red÷ Orange 2Yellow÷ Green ***3. Blue÷ Indigo SUM Violet SUM7 9 In seven colors seven notes seven lights in infinite divisions ALL TOGETHER Creating all living systems, Creating All living bodies, Creating all gravity, Creating all matter.. IN ElectroMAGnetic geometrical symmetrical fractal order HerMEs TrisMAjistus THOTH TimesFaceInEnergy Thoth me Light Never Dies death is our illusion through the terrible twos of childhood in Mercy Mercy Me and our promise rest is real.. Prisoners law in three power three sets all captives free 3Consciousness says I see you Mirror Mirror I see me wisdoms wisdom's wisdoms unconditional love and forgiveness is key ⚖️ EnKi 🗝
A romanian fan here! Back then there was a famous trio of romanian intelectuals, Cioran, Eliade and Eugen Ionesco. They all lived in Paris, at least for a while and the bar where they were meeting still exists there. I would like to hear your review on Ionesco’s plays. He was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century.
I once got really nervous before a big presentation at work for an audience of 100+ people, I was even throwing up in the bathroom just 10 minutes before it was due to start...then I remembered Cioran, and I no longer gave a shit cuz none of this shit matters. Breezed it. Thanks Emil!
Interesting. In the “Hagakure - The Book of the Samurai“, Yamamoto Tsunetomo also describes how having the mindset of being already dead allows fearlessness and acceptance of death, whenever it comes.
My absolute favorite philosopher who I learned about from your channel. I have everything I can find by him translated into English--he speaks to me like no other writer or philosopher--books I could have written if I'd had the words...
Cioran is great if you're into pessimism and antinatalism, (which I am), although I'm not sure how great a philosopher he actually was. So much of his work just seemed to be his thoughts jotted down and scattered ruminations, without the same foundation of logic that underlies most philosophy. Still, he was a unique voice, and a lot of what he was about really resonates with me. Great review. :)
I think he'd be really pleased to read this comment, given his views on the value of philosophy and the futility of systematic and organised thought. He's more of an anti philosopher really. Relevant aphorism might actually be in this book.
I would say that "On The Heights of Despair" and "A Short History of Decay" are more in line with the idea of "typical" philosophical essays. Imo in those works his understanding of philosophy is really good and his expressions of his ideas are excellent as well. He's more of a philosopher in the sense that Pascal and Nietzsche were then say Kant or Hume.
@@elbrown9242antiphilosophy is the best type of philosophy because these philosophers don't pretend like they don't have biases, individual preferences, and an innately unique perspective that could never come to an objective principle.
I had been subscribed for a while, and it's such a pleasant surprise to see a review of Cioran's, a Romanian author, work on your channel. Thank you for your work!
5:50 - Nietzsche said something similar in Beyond Good and Evil (aphorism 157): ‘The thought of ____ is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.'
I think Nietzsche wrote something similar about how thoughts of suicide are a great consolation. And they can get you through a long night. I think it is in Beyond Good and Evil but I might be wrong about that
I know Cioran through the Temptations to Exist, resonated deeply with his struggle between the wordless and unsymbolic present moment and the allure of the mind and its endless labyrinth of thought and signs and the illusory nature and emptiness of these words and signs. I felt he was needlessly negative but as Cliff says it is often funny, in a dry absurd way, uncalculated, like channelling the raving and flailing of a preposterous man into a highly articulated philosophy. I think nevertheless that the nihilism of the material challenges the reader to think for themselves and confront what lurks beneath the mask of positivity to what is sincere or not, An exercise in empathy and as well a relief Because sometimes optimism becomes exhausting. There can be no empathy in it, even further there can be judgement in optimism, a dismissal of authenticity. Optimism is good and is needed. But balance. Cioran balances it out. Ultimately his writing proves that philosophy does not contain the answers. How do we become more loving despite ourselves?
I brought a copy of this on my last camping trip out in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and my friend yelled at me… …the other book I brought for the 7 day trip was Technological Slavery 😏
It's a wonderful book, very much concur on the surprisingly relaxing nature of much of Cioran's writing. It is just a relief to see these things on the page sometimes. Eugene Thacker is worth reading in this vein, although he is much more aphoristic in Cosmic Pessimism (if you can find it) and Infinite Resignation, which is something of an extension to the former.
When I’m for a new book channel and the first review I see is Ciroan, that’s an instant subscription. Excellent video! Can’t wait to explore the rest of the channel.
I believe the quote you were searching for is actually in "The Trouble with Being Born" at the top of page 77 in your edition: "We dread the future only when we are not sure we can kill ourselves when we want to." Huge fan of Cioran and I just found your channel today (thank you algorithm 🥳). Your tastes and mine seem to overlap significantly so I look forward to more of your recommendations!
Loved that you mentioned Lydia Lunch, for I too discovered Cioran through that same interview! Also highly recomended by her, I always wondered if you read 'The demon flower' by Jo Imog? (as a fan of Bataille, that might be your cup of tea). It would be lovely to have a review of yours on that masterpiece.
I think it’s always valuable to re read your favourite books every decade of your life….read Nabokov in my 20s not much gleamed then reading again now in my 60s👍👍👍👍
Great review. Love Cioran's work. Got 10 of his books that are in English translation that are all wonderful reads. He has a 1000 page book of notebooks that I would love to see translated into a new English version but have only seen it in French.
I was considering reading it a couple years back. I'm not very active in following the channel but that video you mentioned was what got me here. Don't regret the read after watching.
I think Shakespeare summed it up more briefly with MacBeth's speech beginning "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow " and ending with "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing "
At some point Rust says something like “I was relieved of the sin of being a father,” which is similar to Cioran’s words in The Trouble with Being Born: “to have committed every crime but that of being a father”, so I think Rust would find a lot of agreeable stuff in there 😅
Hey man I read story of the eye a year ago and you were about the only person talking about it so I kinda found your videos and ignored it. Now im currious if you still have that love for george battalie. Also are you willing to reveiw Tomb for 500,000 soldiers and Eden, Eden, Eden?
I’m currently reading Threshold because you reviewed it on this channel and in that book he mentions The Trouble with Being Born so this review couldn’t have come at a better time! Thanks as always for your great recommendations
Hey! Sorry it took me so long to find your channel. Been a fan of Cioran's dark humor for years and enjoyed your review. You do a great job. Liked and subbed!
Brilliant Clifford. Just read a book from I think 2009 I missed at the time. Would you like to be in the mind of a monster? This book left me stunned. It is The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell. Extraordinary!
There's a 2022 novel called "Emil" by German-Afghan writer Mariam Kühsel-Hussaini which is a fictional story on Cioran's time in Berlin. Not sure if an English edition has been published yet.
Happy to find your channel. I am a fan of Cioran's power of suicide living, and I am inspired with more fuel to step closer to the edge. Maybe I heard some of his work in my early years, because I quietly hid my thoughts that man was a virus that was devouring earth. Fernando Paseo to Emil Cioran- time to stop cheerleading my dismal excuses for banal living. I only feel alive when I am challenged to un-think what I accepted as my thought, waking up to suffer the evaporated facade of culture that I mistook for my own. MTC with Meta/W
It would have been more accurate to translate the title as, "The Inconvenience of Being Born". I don't know what was gained by substituting "trouble" instead. Title in French is, De L'Incovenient D'etre Ne (sorry, I don't know how to put the accents).
Considering that the first volume of Philipp Mainlander's "The Philosophy of Redemption" has finally been translated into English for the first time; Coran went out of his way to read and find people who knew him before his suicide.
I need to read this and the man's other work. Pessimist literature is, despite being up my alley, often hard to actually read because of how devastating it can be, Thomas Ligotti being my favorite example. It'd be nice to read a pessimist author with a sense of humor for once lol.
The funniest bit in Trouble is when he writes about stopping thoughts. He says something like what an idiot is always in the natural state (no thoughts) but the rest of us fall in fits and starts and its not possible to stop thoughts when you're an intellectual! I must order the book again to check if my memory is write!
In fact, of everyone in the Criterion group (which included Cioran) that advocated for facism, he was the only one who lamented his association in his youth.
An awesome and funny review of an incredibly good book. Just finished Ligotti's conspiracy against the human race and Cioran is definitely an OG pessimist.
The last aphorism you read is also one of my favorites! "... I endure myself. " This is so hilariously funny when you think about all that 'Learn to self-love' crap that is around in the self-help community. The truth is you will never be able to love yourself, you won't even be able to accept yourself, no my friend, you will endure yourself until your very last breath. And admitting this will paradoxically make things much easier, because you won't have to worry about all the negative thoughts about yourself. You won't have to struggle to win the impossible battle of loving yourself. You will just accept that you are going to hate yourself until death and then keep going with your day xD
Only one thing matters learning to be the looser!. and majority of cliques will told you though out life that there is a success after every failure, l😅
“Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing. That was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of "world history," but nevertheless, it was only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths, the star cooled and congealed, and the clever beasts had to die. One might invent such a fable, and yet he still would not have adequately illustrated how miserable, how shadowy and transient, how aimless and arbitrary the human intellect looks within nature. There were eternities during which it did not exist. And when it is all over with the human intellect, nothing will have happened.” - Nietzsche
i'm trying to identify as many books on clifford's bookshelf as I can. right now I can identify under the volcano and savage detectives and borge's collected fiction
In a strange dialiectic, Cioran gives hope, even though there is none... He did say If you are considering suicide, it's already too late... (That is an approximate quote)... "Our only choice is between unbearable truths and wholesome cheating."
If you can you should read it in French. Cioran deliberately used a 19th century French, which sounds a little artificial, but it matches his idea of not writing in his mother tongue perfectly.
Haha the Elon Musk vizualication 😅 and yes! You are absolutely right Cioran is funny to read. Even in his interview he showed a lot of humor. Thanks for the review! And yes its great to re-read a good book after a period of time.
The worst reproach to be made against police states is that they oblige - for prudence sake - the destruction of letters and diaries, i.e., what is least false in literature. E.M.Cioran
A suicidal misanthrope insomniac nihilist philosopher that lived to be 84-this is very inspiring and motivational 😁
yeah, he penned water and lived wine, delicious water! Heights of Despair too is superb 🎉
Poor guy who had to endure misery for so long :(
@@lepetitchat123 Right? If I make it to 69 that'll be my limit
In another words a non-coward realist living in reality, not a coward NPC busy running away/denying reality 24/7.
Yes, all humans have something called preservation instinct, otherwise, 50% of us would leave this shit show a long time ago.
If Noah had seen into the future, he would have sunk his ship - E.M.Cioran
Rebel Rebel Rebel..
No one can think for another no one can forgive for another no one can learn for another..
We are all created unique complete individual Immaculate conceptions from first light learning the infinite Powerhouse of our mind 369 bodyin spirit..
Conscious atonement power 3 sets all captives free from all the chains that bind us.
Luciferian knowledge of what is love what is light what is third eye sight says I am light Never Dies death is our illusion through the terrible twos of childhood in Mercy Mercy Me and our promise rest is real o Israel as we see third eye vision power 3 sets all captives free from all the chains that bind us
MeTAtron's MAtriX3x3 OM'E...
"The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental." "As above, so below; as below, so above.”
"Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."
Everything is ALLMIND369 OVEONE IAM=O=QuantuM⚖️ ALLMIND IN 3in1MINDS Body Spirit OVE
light*3÷7 color*3÷7 sound*3÷7.. infinite all mind in Trinity every thought has an opposite charge of itself.
♂️+01=0=-01♀️
Riding the waves through our moments in equilibrium is A NEW beginning in masteRING3X369 of our OWN each individual unique complete Immaculate conceived MIND
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Light Never Dies death is our illusion through the terrible twos of childhood in Mercy Mercy Me and our promise rest is real..
Prisoners law in three power three sets all captives free 3Consciousness says
I see you Mirror Mirror I see me wisdoms wisdom's wisdoms unconditional love and forgiveness is key ⚖️ EnKi 🗝
but noah did see the future, he was trying to survive the future that was overflown with water
@@incorectulpolitic he was merely told about the flood. Nobody told him about the details.
That made me laugh out loud
@@windofsunyatayes!
I was shocked how simple and easy to read Emil’s book is. It really changed my pov of how simple and fun philosophy can be.
Cioran always cheers me up.
A romanian fan here! Back then there was a famous trio of romanian intelectuals, Cioran, Eliade and Eugen Ionesco. They all lived in Paris, at least for a while and the bar where they were meeting still exists there.
I would like to hear your review on Ionesco’s plays. He was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century.
What bar did they meet at?
Cafe de Flore, 172 Boulevard Saint-Germain
I once got really nervous before a big presentation at work for an audience of 100+ people, I was even throwing up in the bathroom just 10 minutes before it was due to start...then I remembered Cioran, and I no longer gave a shit cuz none of this shit matters. Breezed it. Thanks Emil!
Interesting. In the “Hagakure - The Book of the Samurai“, Yamamoto Tsunetomo also describes how having the mindset of being already dead allows fearlessness and acceptance of death, whenever it comes.
….words only ….when it comes it sucks ….and then one is gone
@@thembamabona9809 Forever
My absolute favorite philosopher who I learned about from your channel. I have everything I can find by him translated into English--he speaks to me like no other writer or philosopher--books I could have written if I'd had the words...
Reading authors like Cioran cheers me up no end, makes me realize how happy I have reason to be.
Love having a literary diet of Cioran, Houellebecq, and Ligotti.
Cioran is great if you're into pessimism and antinatalism, (which I am), although I'm not sure how great a philosopher he actually was. So much of his work just seemed to be his thoughts jotted down and scattered ruminations, without the same foundation of logic that underlies most philosophy. Still, he was a unique voice, and a lot of what he was about really resonates with me. Great review. :)
I think he'd be really pleased to read this comment, given his views on the value of philosophy and the futility of systematic and organised thought. He's more of an anti philosopher really. Relevant aphorism might actually be in this book.
Cioran never wrote because he wanted to disseminate a message, he wrote purely for himself
I would say that "On The Heights of Despair" and "A Short History of Decay" are more in line with the idea of "typical" philosophical essays. Imo in those works his understanding of philosophy is really good and his expressions of his ideas are excellent as well. He's more of a philosopher in the sense that Pascal and Nietzsche were then say Kant or Hume.
@@elbrown9242antiphilosophy is the best type of philosophy because these philosophers don't pretend like they don't have biases, individual preferences, and an innately unique perspective that could never come to an objective principle.
pessimism and antinatalsim .. in other words being into reality
I've had this sitting on my shelf for about a year, this review has inspired me to finally begin. Thank you Mr Sargeant.
I had been subscribed for a while, and it's such a pleasant surprise to see a review of Cioran's, a Romanian author, work on your channel. Thank you for your work!
5:50 - Nietzsche said something similar in Beyond Good and Evil (aphorism 157): ‘The thought of ____ is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night.'
This is one of those reviews that comes right from the heart. Keep up the good work.
Hey man. We used to talk in G.Cs streams , it makes sense i'd find you here. How is your life , everything good ?
@@pendule_de_foucault8967 Hey, what's up? A lot happened to me. But now I am doing better. How is it going with you?
I think Nietzsche wrote something similar about how thoughts of suicide are a great consolation. And they can get you through a long night. I think it is in Beyond Good and Evil but I might be wrong about that
I know Cioran through the Temptations to Exist, resonated deeply with his struggle between the wordless and unsymbolic present moment and the allure of the mind and its endless labyrinth of thought and signs and the illusory nature and emptiness of these words and signs.
I felt he was needlessly negative but as Cliff says it is often funny, in a dry absurd way, uncalculated, like channelling the raving and flailing of a preposterous man into a highly articulated philosophy.
I think nevertheless that the nihilism of the material challenges the reader to think for themselves and confront what lurks beneath the mask of positivity to what is sincere or not,
An exercise in empathy and as well a relief
Because sometimes optimism becomes exhausting. There can be no empathy in it, even further there can be judgement in optimism, a dismissal of authenticity.
Optimism is good and is needed. But balance. Cioran balances it out.
Ultimately his writing proves that philosophy does not contain the answers. How do we become more loving despite ourselves?
Hunter Thompson also said something very similar (re: the consolation of self-deletion as a means to live.)
Oh by the way, have you read “Better Never to Have Been” by David Benatar?
I brought a copy of this on my last camping trip out in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and my friend yelled at me…
…the other book I brought for the 7 day trip was Technological Slavery 😏
Wow what a fantastic reivew. Definitely did this one justice, as always. Thanks for sharing!
It's a wonderful book, very much concur on the surprisingly relaxing nature of much of Cioran's writing. It is just a relief to see these things on the page sometimes. Eugene Thacker is worth reading in this vein, although he is much more aphoristic in Cosmic Pessimism (if you can find it) and Infinite Resignation, which is something of an extension to the former.
When I’m for a new book channel and the first review I see is Ciroan, that’s an instant subscription. Excellent video! Can’t wait to explore the rest of the channel.
I fucking love Cioran's work. Excellent and interesting writer.
This book has been on my to be read list like forever. Now seems the best time. Thanks as always
I believe the quote you were searching for is actually in "The Trouble with Being Born" at the top of page 77 in your edition:
"We dread the future only when we are not sure we can kill ourselves when we want to."
Huge fan of Cioran and I just found your channel today (thank you algorithm 🥳). Your tastes and mine seem to overlap significantly so I look forward to more of your recommendations!
I think he may be one of the greatest humourists I have ever read! And I want more!
Another sweet review Cliff! Thank you for being you and doing these!
Loved that you mentioned Lydia Lunch, for I too discovered Cioran through that same interview! Also highly recomended by her, I always wondered if you read 'The demon flower' by Jo Imog? (as a fan of Bataille, that might be your cup of tea). It would be lovely to have a review of yours on that masterpiece.
This book is my Bible. It means so much to me
The actual Bible should be your Bible.
After watching this review, I immediately downloaded the book on my Kindle. This sounds like it'll be a good read
I think it’s always valuable to re read your favourite books every decade of your life….read Nabokov in my 20s not much gleamed then reading again now in my 60s👍👍👍👍
Great review. Love Cioran's work. Got 10 of his books that are in English translation that are all wonderful reads. He has a 1000 page book of notebooks that I would love to see translated into a new English version but have only seen it in French.
Thank you. Perfect timing.
His book 'A Fall Into Time' is a goddamn masterpiece.
Me thinks your channel is better than food...
Totally agree with you! Cioran is one of my hero!
I was considering reading it a couple years back. I'm not very active in following the channel but that video you mentioned was what got me here. Don't regret the read after watching.
The pattern in cliffs life is that he gets most of his favorite book recommendations from Lidia lunch interviews 🤣
If (if, yeah!) you are suffering, read Cioran, he is a great soul to commiserate with.
I keep this book on my nightstand, underneath a copy of "Mathematics for economists" and on top of "Inferno".
What tier of your Patreon is it that gets you access to the Discord channel?
“I live only because it is in my power to die when I choose to: without the idea of suicide, I’d have killed myself right away.”
All Gall Is Divided
❤
Great review.
I think Shakespeare summed it up more briefly with MacBeth's speech beginning "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow " and ending with "It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing "
I love Emil, he helped me get through my darkest times
Your intro already sold me on this book 😂.
05:50
This quote from roberto bolano is from the book 2666.
I love cioran and this review
could you do some music recommendations or post some link to your playlist?
This book’s certainly on Rustin Cohle’s reading list
Lol 100%
At some point Rust says something like “I was relieved of the sin of being a father,” which is similar to Cioran’s words in The Trouble with Being Born: “to have committed every crime but that of being a father”, so I think Rust would find a lot of agreeable stuff in there 😅
Ник Пиццилато составлял сценарий настоящего детектива и сказал что Чоран его любимый писатель
I image Rustin Cohle from True Detective reading Cioran on the job!
Hey man I read story of the eye a year ago and you were about the only person talking about it so I kinda found your videos and ignored it. Now im currious if you still have that love for george battalie. Also are you willing to reveiw Tomb for 500,000 soldiers and Eden, Eden, Eden?
I can highly recommend the 'philosophize this!' podcast about Cioran and his relationship to failiure.
I’m currently reading Threshold because you reviewed it on this channel and in that book he mentions The Trouble with Being Born so this review couldn’t have come at a better time! Thanks as always for your great recommendations
Hey! Sorry it took me so long to find your channel. Been a fan of Cioran's dark humor for years and enjoyed your review. You do a great job. Liked and subbed!
Thank u for pronouncing his name correctly.
Brilliant Clifford. Just read a book from I think 2009 I missed at the time. Would you like to be in the mind of a monster? This book left me stunned. It is The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell. Extraordinary!
There's a 2022 novel called "Emil" by German-Afghan writer Mariam Kühsel-Hussaini which is a fictional story on Cioran's time in Berlin. Not sure if an English edition has been published yet.
5:50 This idea is very prominent in Herman Hesse's novel Steppenwolf, I found that interesting as fan of both Cioran and Hesse
Reading Cioran is a sacrifice - what you gain in truth you lose in life. You come out wiser but still somehow worse off.
Those who want to know the truth must pay a big price to get there.
Try to understand Nietzsche to gain your life back
"Were it not for the idea of suicide, I would have surely killed myself."
awesome review!
Happy to find your channel. I am a fan of Cioran's power of suicide living, and I am inspired with more fuel to step closer to the edge. Maybe I heard some of his work in my early years, because I quietly hid my thoughts that man was a virus that was devouring earth. Fernando Paseo to Emil Cioran- time to stop cheerleading my dismal excuses for banal living. I only feel alive when I am challenged to un-think what I accepted as my thought, waking up to suffer the evaporated facade of culture that I mistook for my own. MTC with Meta/W
It would have been more accurate to translate the title as, "The Inconvenience of Being Born". I don't know what was gained by substituting "trouble" instead. Title in French is, De L'Incovenient D'etre Ne (sorry, I don't know how to put the accents).
Either this or world as will must be my favourite book of all time
Considering that the first volume of Philipp Mainlander's "The Philosophy of Redemption" has finally been translated into English for the first time; Coran went out of his way to read and find people who knew him before his suicide.
Not sure if you've done a review of any Churchland books, but if you haven't delved into eliminative materialism, I would be interested in your take.
Optimists are the ones that depress me.
Cioran was a worker. He contributed enormously.
great video
15:04
“Oh yea” 😂
I had never hoped to know the source of my pain and ennui. Happily learning this i am extremely disappointed, for which i am grateful.
I hope one day you review The Gray House by Mariam Petrosyan. It’s amazing.
Like the white shelves better. Great content.
Does anyone have a copy of Cioran's Notebooks translated by Richard Howard for Arcade Publishing?
У меня есть, но она на русском)
I need to read this and the man's other work. Pessimist literature is, despite being up my alley, often hard to actually read because of how devastating it can be, Thomas Ligotti being my favorite example. It'd be nice to read a pessimist author with a sense of humor for once lol.
12:16 IT MOVED!!!
Better than Food reviews Cioran - the planets have aligned....
The funniest bit in Trouble is when he writes about stopping thoughts. He says something like what an idiot is always in the natural state (no thoughts) but the rest of us fall in fits and starts and its not possible to stop thoughts when you're an intellectual! I must order the book again to check if my memory is write!
Fans of Thomas Bernhard should also enjoy Cioran
In fact, of everyone in the Criterion group (which included Cioran) that advocated for facism, he was the only one who lamented his association in his youth.
An awesome and funny review of an incredibly good book. Just finished Ligotti's conspiracy against the human race and Cioran is definitely an OG pessimist.
The last aphorism you read is also one of my favorites! "... I endure myself. " This is so hilariously funny when you think about all that 'Learn to self-love' crap that is around in the self-help community. The truth is you will never be able to love yourself, you won't even be able to accept yourself, no my friend, you will endure yourself until your very last breath. And admitting this will paradoxically make things much easier, because you won't have to worry about all the negative thoughts about yourself. You won't have to struggle to win the impossible battle of loving yourself. You will just accept that you are going to hate yourself until death and then keep going with your day xD
Only one thing matters learning to be the looser!. and majority of cliques will told you though out life that there is a success after every failure, l😅
“Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing. That was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of "world history," but nevertheless, it was only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths, the star cooled and congealed, and the clever beasts had to die. One might invent such a fable, and yet he still would not have adequately illustrated how miserable, how shadowy and transient, how aimless and arbitrary the human intellect looks within nature. There were eternities during which it did not exist. And when it is all over with the human intellect, nothing will have happened.” - Nietzsche
Would be awesome if you do a review on "The Journal of a Disappointed Man" (by W.N.P. Barbellion). A gem, too!
everything matters, because nothing matters.
i'm trying to identify as many books on clifford's bookshelf as I can. right now I can identify under the volcano and savage detectives and borge's collected fiction
I think this is the first time I've seen him almost truly laugh....
I'm 60. It's true.
In a strange dialiectic, Cioran gives hope, even though there is none...
He did say If you are considering suicide, it's already too late... (That is an approximate quote)...
"Our only choice is between unbearable truths and wholesome cheating."
If you can you should read it in French. Cioran deliberately used a 19th century French, which sounds a little artificial, but it matches his idea of not writing in his mother tongue perfectly.
Haha the Elon Musk vizualication 😅 and yes! You are absolutely right Cioran is funny to read. Even in his interview he showed a lot of humor. Thanks for the review! And yes its great to re-read a good book after a period of time.
The interview "Cioran on Suicide": th-cam.com/video/eF3B28hGVAk/w-d-xo.html
Hunter S. Thompson also told Ralph Steadman that, "I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn't know I could commit suicide at any time".
I can't beliece Cioran and other pessimists didn't fear Hell.
I do!
Are there any antinatalists who didn't start off as literate melancholics?
The worst reproach to be made against police states is that they oblige - for prudence sake - the destruction of letters and diaries, i.e., what is least false in literature.
E.M.Cioran
I was a little disappointed when I realized you weren’t doing this in your pajamas but otherwise a nice stab at explicating Cioran.
why did you delete your review on lolita !!!!! please get it back!
…..in case anybody’s wondering, Pessoa‘s BoD makes for the most yummy companion reading ….complementary flavours of pessimism 😊