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On the Heights of Despair by E.M. Cioran is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
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"This book saved my life". So recalls the Romanian philosopher E. M. Cioran about a book that meditates on madness and death, the absurdity of existence, and the agony of consciousness. Cioran finds in our darkest fears not only reasons to continue living but also the comic, absurd humor in doing so. This early work by Cioran, whom Susan Sontag calls "the most distinguished figure in the tradition of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein", and Marc Fumaroli recently described as "a legend...a
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- E.M. Cioran
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226106717
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Collections, Literary Criticism
- Rating
- 4.21 / 5 (12 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- En las cimas de la desesperación (Marginales) (2010)
- On the Heights of Despair (1996)
- On the Heights of Despair (1990)
- On the Heights of Despair (1995)
- EN LAS CIMAS DE LA DESESPERACIÓN - completo (2002)
- On the Heights of Despair (1991)
- On the Heights of Despair (1933)
- E M Cioran - On the Heights of Despair (1992)
- En las cimas de la desesperación (Marginales) (2002)
- Sur Les Cimes Du Desespoir (Ldp Bib.Essais) (1991)
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