A Short History of Decay Cioran E. M.Paperback
A Short History of Decay Cioran E. M.Paperback Dissects Man's decadence in a remarkable series of moving and beautiful pieces. Cioran confronts the place of today's world in the context of human…
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A Short History of Decay Cioran E. M.Paperback
Dissects Man's decadence in a remarkable series of moving and beautiful pieces. Cioran confronts the place of today's world in the context of human history--focusing on such major issues of the twentieth century as human progress, fanaticism, and science--in this nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid-twentieth-century Europe. "To miss reading this book would be a deprivation."--Los Angeles TimesE. M.
Table of Contents:ForewordDirections for DecompositionThe Second-Hand ThinkerFaces of DecadenceSanctity and the Grimaces of the AbsoluteThe D cor of KnowledgeAbdicationsTouching upon Man's need to worship, the feebleness of God, the downfall of the Ancient Greeks and the melancholy baseness of all existence, Cioran's pieces are
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