Time Pdf: Emil Cioran The Fall Into

As the sun set, Silas realized that "the authenticity of an existence consists in its own ruin". He didn't need to reach the end of the day; the day had already ended for him the moment he woke up. He closed his eyes, not to sleep, but to "institute a desert" within himself, finally finding a "miserable beatitude" in the void. Key Themes from the Work

Unlike systematic philosophers (Kant, Hegel), Cioran wrote in fragments. The Fall into Time is a collection of short chapters and aphorisms. There is no argument to defeat; there is only a mood to inhabit. emil cioran the fall into time pdf