Emil Mihai Cioran (Romanian: [eˈmil tʃoˈran] ; French: [emil sjɔʁɑ̃]; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist, who...
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systematic critique of philosophical optimism. Subsequent thinkers, such as Emil Cioran and David Benatar, further developed pessimistic thought and challenged...
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pessimistic worldview, drawing on the works of authors such as Thomas Ligotti, Emil Cioran, and David Benatar. The word pessimism comes from Latin pessimus, meaning...
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militant Emil Cedercreutz (1879–1949), Finnish sculptor Emil Chuprenski (born 1960), Bulgarian boxer Emil Cioran (1911–1995), French-Romanian writer Emil Constantinescu...
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On the Heights of Despair (category Works by Emil Cioran)
written by Emil Cioran, published in 1934 as his first book. It consists of several brief reflections on negative themes which later permeated Cioran's work...
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The Trouble with Being Born (book) (category Works by Emil Cioran)
l'inconvénient d'être né) is a 1973 philosophy book by Romanian author Emil Cioran. The book is presented as a series of aphorisms, meditating primarily...
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A Short History of Decay (book) (category Works by Emil Cioran)
History of Decay is a 1949 philosophical book by Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran, his first work written in French. Nihilistic in tone, the book consists...
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All Gall is Divided (category Works by Emil Cioran)
literally "Syllogisms of Bitterness") is a French philosophical book by Emil Cioran. Originally published in 1952, it was translated into English in 1999...
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History and Utopia (category Works by Emil Cioran)
et utopie) is a 1960 philosophical book by the Romanian philosopher Emil Cioran (1911-1995), which analyzes the ascendancy of the Soviet Union, the psychology...
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subject to censorship or banning in Communist Romania; they include Emil Cioran, Mircea Eliade, and Eugène Ionesco. Currently, Humanitas publishes literature...
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cites Peter Wessel Zapffe's essay "The Last Messiah" and the writings of Emil Cioran (1911–1995) and Philipp Mainländer (1841–1876) as inspirations for his...
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as Alain Sébastien Pouderoux as Vanessa's father Miglen Mirtchev as Emil Cioran Françoise Gazio as Simone Boué Anne Benoît as the French teacher Principal...
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Bradley Burchard of Worms Malcolm de Chazal Cheng Yen (Jing Si Aphorism) Emil Cioran Arkady Davidowitz Nicolás Gómez Dávila (Escolios a un texto implícito)...
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Balance's alcoholism. He has cited Thomas Bernhard, William S. Burroughs, Emil Cioran, Vladimir Nabokov, Edgar Allan Poe, Giacomo Leopardi, Samuel Beckett...
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parallel with the essays of another of Ionescu's disciples, Emil Cioran, while noting that Cioran's were "of a more exulted tone and written in the aphoristic...
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(1885–1970) – Greek-Catholic bishop, victim of the communist regime Emil Cioran (1911–1995) – philosopher, writer, and essayist Avram Iancu (1824–1872)...
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1950s. A Romanian thinkers league also frequented the place, notably Emil Cioran, Eugene Ionesco and essayist Benjamin Fondane. The Prix de Flore, a literary...
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is always at hand, penetrates me with even greater force". Similar to Emil Cioran, he lived from 1978 on a state pension. In 1987 he received the Honor...
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and writer Mircea Eliade (1907–1986); and the essayist and philosopher Emil Cioran (1911–1996), the greatest French-writing master of style after Pascal...
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his life there. He became a friend of Romanian pessimist philosopher Emil Cioran around the same time, along with other literary luminaries in France...
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Sisyphus), Benjamin Fondane (his 'pupil'), the poet Paul Celan, and notably Emil Cioran, who writes about Shestov: "He was the philosopher of my generation,...
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Chartres François Châtelet Gilles Châtelet Paul Chauchard Jacques Chevalier Emil Cioran Jean Clam Catherine Clément Michel Clouscard Auguste Comte André Comte-Sponville...
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Stanley Fish Michel Foucault G.W.F. Hegel Max Stirner William James Emil Cioran Eugene Thacker Thomas Ligotti Friedrich Nietzsche Charles Sanders Peirce...
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conference given by the young philosopher Emil Cioran and aired by the state-owned Romanian Radio, in which Cioran notably praised the Guard's leader for...
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Channel 4 sitcom, Derry Girls Cioran is a Romanian surname. A notable individual with the name was nihilist philosopher Emil Cioran. List of Irish-language...
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(1909–1994) Emil Cioran (1911–1995) Martha Bibescu (1886–1973) Elena Văcărescu (1864–1947) Radu Tudoran (1910–1992) Eugen Jebeleanu (1911–1991) Emil Botta (1911–1977)...
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cited literary influences, including Romanian pessimist philosopher Emil Cioran, and science fiction authors Stanisław Lem and Philip K. Dick. Betrayed...
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of human reproduction. Audianism Borborites Voluntary childlessness Emil Cioran Human population planning Nihilism Nonidentity problem Philosophical...
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of France, Mayor of Paris, President of France, Co-Prince of Andorra Emil Cioran (1911–1995), Romanian philosopher André Citroën (1878–1935), founded...
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close to the Iron Guard was Emil Cioran, who in 1952 published in Paris a book entitled Syllogismes d'amertume. Emil Cioran severed his friendship with...
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