Why suffering is beautiful: Emil Cioran’s dark philosophy | Einzelgänger ▶️

Cioran’s writings do not shy away from the uncomfortable realities we don’t want to see. This video explores Cioran's first book, On the Heights of Despair (1934). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftXHTXTMJmU&ab_channel=Einzelg%C3%A4nger 00:00 Introduction01:55 Emil Cioran's first book05:08 The futile pursuit of happiness08:17 Nihilism and the absurd11:11 The heights of despair Einzelgänger explores a wide range of topics and…

The more you expect from life, the less you get: the philosophy of Samuel Beckett | Pursuit of Wonder ▶️

Samuel Beckett is widely regarded as one of the darkest, strangest, and most dramatically innovative writers of the 20th century. Gaining international fame in part for confusing and frustrating audiences, his work is coded with the goop of absurdity and oozes with the sludge of black humor. Inside, however, Beckett's work is deeply poignant and…

If Life Has No Meaning, Why Live? – Albert Camus & The Absurd Man | Einzelgänger

According to French-Algerian philosopher Albert Camus, our world has no ultimate meaning, but if it had, it would be impossible to know it. It’s all pretty pointless as if the universe is nothing more than a cosmic coincidence, born without any specific goal or significance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBjFC7g6ur8 For some, such a meaningless existence could lead to…

“The Absurd and the Accedia as a major existentials in Cioran’s Udemiologic Analytics” (Vasile Chira)

REVISTA TEOLOGICA no.  97 (2015), nr. 4, p. 162-173 Abstract: The Cioran’s existentials are derivable and intelligible from nothingness with which the Roman philosopher substitute the transcendence. Nonsense of life not purely abstract notion, but a sensitive transcription of absurdity, translates to experience vertigo. This is the refutation par excellence of vertical position of the…

“Dominants of Cioranian thinking” (Vasile Chira)

Blogul lui VASILE CHIRA, Februarie 15, 2012 I. Dominants grounded in the structure of transcendence 1. Sanctity and mystical ecstasy Cioran’s obsession about sanctity goes back to the inner biography of the thinker, rather than to the factual one. Having an indisputable weakness for the voluptuousness of ecstasy, he also maintains a queer duplicity towards…