Emil Cioran

What is the proper order to read Cioran? Do you need to read anything prior to Cioran to understand him?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Was Cioran an atheist?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      yes, antinatalist cringleord

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      stop reading atheist, troony

      yes, antinatalist cringleord

      He used to go to Church quite regularly. In the Romanian Church in Paris there is a seat on the right of the entrance with his name on it. That's where he used to sit during services. He was definitely a conflicted individual.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Yes

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        No. He may have become agnostic in the latter part of his life but he was a deeply religious christian for most part.

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    stop reading atheist, troony

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      These kind of replies in a IQfy thread is embarrassing.

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        cioran is heavily spammed by some antinatalist troony proselytizer

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        stop spamming this homosexual. we already concluded that we're not interested in anything a romanian has to say about anything.

        start a shit thread, expect shit answers.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >we already concluded that we're not interested
          >we
          You need to crawl back to whatever shithole you came from.

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            we're also not interested in anything that you have to say, just stop making shit threads

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Cioran destroyed and refuted your pathetic argument before you were even born

          • 2 years ago
            Anonymous

            Yeah, I'm sure he was talking about the great people from the Mongolian basket weaving forum who call him a homosexual. Also, post the whole page?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      yes, antinatalist cringleord

      Looks like we got a christcuck on the loose
      This is why giving them a containment general was a bad idea

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      [...]
      Looks like we got a christcuck on the loose
      This is why giving them a containment general was a bad idea

      Cioran was a christian.

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I'm reading a Short History of Decay -- it's not all that interesting.

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    skippable

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Which translation though?

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      As if there's multiple to choose from

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Random aphorisms, whenever. Any order.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Ciorananon made a list dedicated to Cioran, maybe you'll find it in the archive.

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Isn't that Eraserhead?

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    He references lots of stuff, so a certain degree of surface level erudition is necessary in order to understand him, but you can just google the things you don’t know/don’t understand. I recommend starting out with A Short History of Decay

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Are there any issues with the translations? Which translation or publisher should I buy?

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Cioran is a coffee table philosopher like Camus or M. Aurelius. You will do just fine reading him with half an attention span.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Really? Which philosopher do you read?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        I study all my predecessors and I philosophise o plentily.

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    In order to understand Cioran you have to bear in mind that he was Romanian.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    No order but my favorites are New gods, Temptation to exist, The fall into time, tears of saints. Knowledge on Dosto and Speare would be useful but not required.

    Read Nagarjunas middle way. Cioran always talks about Nagarjuna. Most mind bending work of philosophy I have ever read.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Nagarjunas middle way
      Whuch particular translation?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Jay garfield

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Mark Siderits
        The notes available in this translation are superior.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >Nagarjunas middle way
      Whuch particular translation?

      Jay garfield

      Mark Siderits
      The notes available in this translation are superior.

      >Nagarjunas middle way
      Can you begin with it directly or do you need to have read about Buddhism before it?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        You can begin with it directly and requires no foreknowledge. The Mark Siderits edition has all the notes one could need to understand the philosophy and its position within the Buddhist tradition.

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    It's best to have killed yourself first, even if only once.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      why?

      Jay garfield

      Thanks.

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