The Temptation to Exist
Arcade · Print & ebook · February 1, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- Eleven incisive essays make big questions about Western civilization and thought unusually crisp.
- Genres
- Philosophy Writing, Existentialism, Mysticism
- Published
- Arcade, February 1, 2013
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“A sort of final philosopher of the Western world. His statements have the compression of poetry and the audacity of cosmic clowning”—The Washington Post This collection of eleven essays, when originally published in France, created a literary whirlwind on the Left Bank. Cioran writes incisively about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, mystics, apostles, and philosophers.
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The Temptation to Exist first introduced this brilliant European thinker twenty years ago to American readers, in a superb translation by Richard Howard. This literary mystique around Cioran continues to grow, and The Temptation to Exist has become an underground classic. In this work Cioran writes about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, about mystics, apostles, philosophers. For those to whom the very word philosophy brings visions of arduous reading, be assured: Cioran is crystal-clear, his style quotable and aphoristic.
Sharp Reflections
Eleven incisive essays make big questions about Western civilization and thought unusually crisp.
Come here for
- Aphoristic essays on civilization, writers, mystics, and philosophers
- Philosophical ideas delivered with clarity and a quotable edge
Expect
- Compressed, clear prose with a taste for audacity
- Essays ranging across writers, novels, mystics, apostles, and philosophers
Where it sits
| Philosophy Writing | 77% |
|---|---|
| Existentialism | 62% |
| Mysticism | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- French Literary Criticism
- 20th-Century Literary Criticism
- Modern Philosophy
- Social Philosophy
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- Philosophy Writing
- Quotations
- Authors
- E. M. Cioran, Richard Howard, Emil M. Cioran
- Publisher
- Arcade
- Published
- February 1, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- French Literary Criticism