Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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This video continues the journey into Cioran’s pessimistic worldview as we delve into his life and explore his later work, The Trouble with Being Born, a collection of aphorisms illustrating why being born is a disaster, what causes our suffering, and what we could do to cope.

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00:00 Introduction
01:54 Emil Cioran: from nationalist to nihilist
05:22 The dread of consciousness
07:52 The problem with being born
13:07 The art of enduring oneself

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