1911 - 1995
Emil Cioran (1911-1995) was a Romanian philosopher known for his existentialist works that explored themes of despair, nihilism, and the futility of human existence. He is famous for his aphoristic writing style and provocative philosophical ideas that challenged traditional beliefs and values.
Every exhausted civilization awaits its barbarian.
This life is a hospital where each patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.
Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.
He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama.