On the Heights of Despair
by Emil Cioran
On the Heights of Despair by Emil Cioran
Cioran's early essays confront anguish and uncertainty through an intensely personal, unsystematic philosophical voice. Written early in Cioran's career, these essays give voice to insomnia, anguish, solitude, and contradictory feelings about life. Their intensity resists the distance of systematic philosophical explanation. The book explores the limits of consolation through a restless personal perspective that moves between negation, ecstatic feeling, and sharply observed uncertainty.
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On the Heights of Despair
Written early in Cioran's career, these essays give voice to insomnia, anguish, solitude, and contradictory feelings about life. Their intensity resists the distance of systematic philosophical explanation. The book explores the limits of consolation through a restless personal perspective that moves between negation, ecstatic feeling, and sharply observed uncertainty.
Why read it?
Cioran's early essays confront anguish and uncertainty through an intensely personal, unsystematic philosophical voice. Explore Despair, Insomnia and Philosophical pessimism in this book.
Edition details
- Author / creators: Emil Cioran
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
- Language: English
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 150
- Edition publication year: 1996
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Book Details
- Author
- Emil Cioran
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 150
- Publication year
- 1996
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