Emile Cioran
Emile Cioran
Emil Cioran; 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. Cioran was born in Resinár, Szeben County, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. His first French book, A Short History of Decay, was awarded the prestigious Rivarol Prize in 1950. It was the only book for which he accepted an award given to him, claiming that it would have been insolent of him to refuse...
Emile Cioran quotes about
expression others
What we crave, what we want to see in others eyes, is that servile expression, an unconcealed infatuation with our gestures.
believing difference freedom man ourselves since
What we want is not freedom but its appearances. It is for these simulacra that man has always striven. And since freedom, as has been said, is no more than a sensation, what difference is there between being free and believing ourselves free?