| Drawn and Quartered Contributor(s): Cioran, E. M. (Author), Howard, Richard (Translator), Thacker, Eugene (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1611456967 ISBN-13: 9781611456967 Publisher: Arcade Publishing OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Essays - Philosophy | Social |
| Dewey: 084.1 |
| LCCN: 2012031069 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.75 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |