Drawn and Quartered by E M Cioran

Drawn and Quartered by E M Cioran

In this collection of aphorisms and short essays, E.M. Cioran sets about the task of peeling off the layers of false realities with which society masks the truth. For him, real hope lies in this task, and thus, while he perceives the world darkly, he refuses to give in to despair. He hits upon this ultimate truth by developing his notion of human history and events as "a procession of delusions," striking out at the so-called "Fallacies of Hope." By examining the relationship between truth and action and between absolutes, unknowables, and frauds, Cioran comes out, for once, in favor of being.

Cioran (1911-1995) was born and raised in Romania, but he lived in Paris from 1937 to 1995. He's written a number of books, including On the Heights of Despair, which is also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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ISBN 13	9781611456967
ISBN 10	1611456967
Title	Drawn and Quartered
Author	E M Cioran
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Skyhorse Publishing
Year published	2012-11-13
Number of pages	200
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