PHILOSOPHY Emil Cioran

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Emil Cioran is Romania’s most famous thinker: his darkly pessimistic philosophy is a perfect antidote to the sentimental cheeriness of our times. • Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://t.ly/rjTHz • Be more mindful, present and inspired. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://t.ly/eBhp3 • FURTHER READING • • “Towards the end of the twentieth century, a celebrated Romanian-French philosopher and aphorist was invited to speak in Zurich. He was introduced with rhetorical pomp and flattering comparisons to the likes of Kierkegaard and Schopenhauer. The speaker smiled, and immediately confounded his German interpreter by beginning his presentation with the words: ‘Mais je ne suis qu’un déconneur’ / ‘But I’m just a joker’. A few of his critics might agree, but they would be wrong. For Emil Mihai Cioran is very much worthy of inclusion in the line of the great French and European moral philosophers and writers of maxims stretching back to Montaigne, Chamfort, Pascal and La Rochefoucauld...” • • You can read more on this and other subjects here: https://goo.gl/mKs6TZ • • MORE SCHOOL OF LIFE • • Watch more films on PHILOSOPHY in our playlist: • http://bit.ly/TSOLphilosophy • • SOCIAL MEDIA • • Feel free to follow us at the links below: • • Facebook: / theschooloflifelondon • X: / theschooloflife • Instagram: / theschooloflifelondon • • CREDITS • • Produced in collaboration with: • Contributing writer - Dr David McCallam • • Mike Booth • / somegreybloke #TheSchoolOfLife

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