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why-aye-man t1_iz1ccmm wrote

As someone who doen't know much about philosophy (and/or existentialism), is Emil Cioran a good place to start? I have seen a couple of quotes by him and some of them resonated with me. So, I was thinking maybe I can start reading some of his books but I'm not sure if they would be difficult to follow?

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GyantSpyder t1_iz2tl4n wrote

I don’t think it would be difficult to follow but it wouldn’t exactly be a place to start. Emil Cioran was a philosophy academic who eventually rejected philosophy and became more of a poetical essayist. He's primarily known for his beautiful and dark literary writing style. Read him if you want, sure (though if you're depressed maybe skip it - taking care of yourself and manage your own resources and ability to cope with dark thoughts is important to living with such things) - but I don't think he provides a jumping-on point for other philosophy, nor do I think he would want to. He’s his own thing.

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