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  A Short History of Decay (Paperback) By (author) E.m. Cioran

  

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  Short Description for A Short History of DecayFeatures a collection of aphoristic essays that deals with the nature of civilization in mid-twentieth-century Europe.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 06 May 2010
  • Format: Paperback 192 pages
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  • Categories: Philosophy: Epistemology & Theory Of Knowledge
  • ISBN 13: 9780141192727 ISBN 10: 0141192720
  • Sales rank: 40,663

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Full description for A Short History of Decay

• "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.