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Temptation to Exist
Temptation to Exist | E M Cioran
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This collection of eleven essays originally appeared in France thirty years ago and created a literary whirlwind on the Left Bank. Cioran writes incisively about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, mystics, apostles, and philosophers. The Temptation to Exist first introduced this brilliant European thinker twenty years ago to American readers, in a superb translation by Richard Howard. This literary mystique around Cioran continues to grow, and "The Temptation to Exist" has become an underground classic. In this work Cioran writes about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, about mystics, apostles, philosophers. For those to whom the very word "philosophy" brings visions of arduous reading, be assured: Cioran is crystal-clear, his style quotable and aphoristic. A sort of final philosopher of the Western world. His statements have the compression of poetry and the audacity of cosmic clowning "The Washington Post""
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The Temptation to Exist | Richard Howard, E. M. Cioran
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Overall brilliant; sharp, to the point, and not necessarily coherent at all times. One unfortunate essay, but tbh I skipped most of it. First and last essays are the best ones. And hopefully I get to discuss it in depth with a friend when he's done with it.

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The Temptation to Exist | Richard Howard, E. M. Cioran
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I still like the temptation to exist a lot, but I like the vaguely related things it has introduced into my life even more. One essay left.

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The Temptation to Exist | Richard Howard, E. M. Cioran
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Coffee and Sun (and Cioran). With the exception of one essay, brilliant so far.

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annamatopoetry
The Temptation to Exist | Richard Howard, E. M. Cioran
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Ok finally doing this

annamatopoetry jfc I love this book. 7y
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The Temptation to Exist | Richard Howard, E. M. Cioran
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This is apparently what I'm reading in the near future. Ok.