Drawn and quartered

Drawn and quartered

by Cioran, E. M., (Emile M.)

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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 acti…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Drawn and quartered / E.M. Cioran ; translated from the French by Richard Howard ; foreword by Eugene Thacker.

Summary

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.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Arcade Pub
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2012.

Notes

Translation of: Ecartèlement.

Previously published in English: New York : Seaver Books, 1983.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 186 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781611458565, 1611458560
  • oclc:ocn824700169
  • LC Classification:B2430.C5253
  • Dewey Decimal:194

Table of Contents

The two truths -- The addict of memoirs -- After history -- Urgency of the worst -- Stabs at bewilderment.

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Subjects

Philosophie -- 20e siècle PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys Philosophy (General) Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century Truth Vérité

Writers

Cioran, E. M., (Emile M.) Howard, Richard

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