Read day and night, devour books — these sleeping pills — n… - Emil Cioran

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Read day and night, devour books — these sleeping pills — not to know but to forget! Through books you can retrace your way back to the origins of spleen, discarding history and its illusions.

Emil Cioran

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Emil Cioran (8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist whose work is known for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, which frequently engages with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism.

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Alternative Names: Emil Mihai Cioran • Emil-Michel Cioran

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Objection to scientific knowledge: this world doesn't deserve to be known.

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Read day and night, devour books — these sleeping pills — not to know but to forget! Through books you can retrace your way back to the origins of sp… - Emil Cioran

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