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A Short History Of Decay
Paperback Edition: 1
A Short History of Decay (1949) is E. M. Cioran's nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid-twentieth-century Europe. Touching upon Man's need to worship, the feebleness of God, the downfall of the Ancient Greeks and the melancholy baseness
of all existence, Cioran's pieces are pessimistic in the extreme, but also display a beautiful certainty that renders them delicate, vivid, and memorable. Illuminating and brutally honest, "A Short History of Decay" dissects Man's decadence in a remarkable series of moving and beautiful pieces.
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Publisher : Penguin Books
Publication date : 2010-08-02
Subjects: Fiction, Non-fiction, Contemporary, Humanities, Historical Fiction, Philosophy, History Of Western Philosophy, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Western Philosophy: C 1600 To C 1900