Emil CioranDaniel Branco, Angel Fernández Fernández, Miguel Ángel Sánchez López
Emil Cioran
by Daniel Branco, Angel Fernández Fernández, Miguel Ángel Sánchez López · first published 2018
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Emil Cioran is a pretty twisted individual, but his writing is amazingly beautiful. In particular, De l'inconvénient d'être né is pretty fantastic, especially in French (haven't read any translated versions, so can't…
on “Emil Cioran: Anti-philosopher of Life and Death” ↗…Conspiracy Against the Human Race (Thomas Ligotti) ... fun fact: S01 of 'True Detectives' has ripped part of the dialogue straight from this book without giving credit - The Trouble with being born (Emil Cioran) - The Industrial Society and its Future (Ted Kaczynski) - The Technological Society (Jaques Ellul) - Propaganda (Jaques Ellul) - McMafia - A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (Misha…
on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗…I think it was Dostoyeveski (Notes from the Underground) got me hungry for more. It was dark but it was also uplifting. Then Thomas Ligotti (The Conspiracy against the Human Race) and the thoughts of Emil Cioran spelled it out in clarity as I've never seen before: the only way for me to be is to realize that I have to think about death every day and that it's actually good for me to be reminded that there is…
on “Ask HN: Struggling with mental disorders, looking for advice” ↗…Punish" - Edward S. Herman "Manufacturing Consent - The Political Economy of the Mass Media" - Franklin Foer "World Without Mind The Existential Threat of Big Tech" - Ben Goldacre "Bad science" - Emil Cioran "The Book of Delusions" - Gracian "The Art of Worldly Wisdom" - Heidegger Martin "The Question Concerning Technology" - Jacques Ellul "Propaganda The Formation of Mens Attitudes" - Mumford Lewis…
on “Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?” ↗To me the "revelation" came via Emil Cioran's book "The inconvenience of being born" (the actual book's title in English is "The Trouble with Being Born", but I like better the term that's closer to the French original). Excellent justification.
on “We Need to Die” ↗A close friend of mine did his doctorate on Emil Cioran: https://www.amazon.com/Emil-Cioran-cr%C3%ADtica-progreso-his... https://www.amazon.com/Emil-Cioran-Criticism-Historical-Prog...
on “What Did Bach Sound Like to Bach?” ↗…Someone suicidal took deadly poison with delayed effect (5-10min), immediately regretted it and called one of my friends for help. (Sadly, the ambulance couldn't save him.) The very pessimistic philosopher Emil Cioran (author of e.g. De l'inconvénient d'être né, "The Trouble With Being Born") who beside his suicidal thoughts died at age 84 once said in an interview, that suicidal thoughts are paradoxically the reason,…
on “Suicide Attempters’ Long-Term Survival” ↗This stands true for almost any native, comprehensive early education language. Try to read Emil Cioran in French, and let me know if his aphorismes truly mean what you think they do, in their English or even Romanian (post him "departing" the latter, when writing) translations.
on “Advice on Reading Homer in Translation” ↗