He became an agnostic, taking as an axiom "the inconvenience of existence". While at the university, he was influenced by Georg Simmel, Ludwig Klages and Martin Heidegger, but also by the Russian philosopher Lev Shestov, whose contribution to Cioran's central system of thought was the belief that life is arbitrary.
Emil Cioran was a Romanian philosopher and writer who is best known for his contributions to existentialist philosophy. His work explores themes of human despair, the absurdity of existence, and the search for meaning in a world that often seems devoid of it.
Without the possibility of suicide, I would have killed myself long ago.
We are afraid of the enormity of the possible. [from "A Short History of Decay"]
A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: He remains on this side of his talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity. [from "The Trouble with Being Born"]
Each of us is born with a share of purity, predestined to be corrupted by our commerce with mankind. [from "A Short History of Decay"]
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