Emil Cioran

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aphorist essayist human philosopher

Emil Cioran was a Romanian-born philosopher and essayist known for his aphoristic, pessimistic meditations on nihilism, suffering, and the futility of existence.

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Emil Cioran canonical 9
Cioran 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aphorist ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
burialPlace Montparnasse Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath Alzheimer's disease ⓘ
citizenship France ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Romania ⓘ
countryOfDeath France ⓘ
countryOfResidence France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-04-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-06-20 ⓘ
describedBySource known for aphoristic, pessimistic meditations on nihilism, suffering, and the futility of existence ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bucharest ⓘ
familyName Emil Cioran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cioran
fieldOfWork literature ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
genre aphorism ⓘ
philosophical essay ⓘ
philosophical pessimism ⓘ
givenName Emil ⓘ
influenced E. M. Cioran readership worldwide ⓘ
Fernando Savater ⓘ
Paul Celan ⓘ
influencedBy Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ
Blaise Pascal ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned French ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ
movement existentialism ⓘ
nihilism ⓘ
pessimism ⓘ
nativeLanguage Romanian ⓘ
notableIdea anti-natalism ⓘ
critique of existence ⓘ
radical pessimism ⓘ
notableWork A Short History of Decay ⓘ
All Gall Is Divided ⓘ
History and Utopia ⓘ
On the Heights of Despair ⓘ
The New Gods ⓘ
The Temptation to Exist ⓘ
The Trouble with Being Born ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rășinari ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
residence Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
writingLanguage French ⓘ
Romanian ⓘ

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Arthur Schopenhauer → influenced → Emil Cioran ⓘ
Montparnasse Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Emil Cioran ⓘ
Emil Cioran → familyName → Emil Cioran self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cioran
University of Bucharest → notableAlumni → Emil Cioran ⓘ
Lev Shestov → influenced → Emil Cioran ⓘ
On the Heights of Despair → author → Emil Cioran ⓘ
The Trouble with Being Born → author → Emil Cioran ⓘ
A Short History of Decay → author → Emil Cioran ⓘ
The Temptation to Exist → author → Emil Cioran ⓘ
All Gall Is Divided → author → Emil Cioran ⓘ