The only successful philosophies and religions are the ones that flatter us, whether in the name of progress or of hell Damned or not, man experiences an absolute need to be at the heart of everything. It is, in fact, solely for this reason that he is man, that he has become man.
 Emil Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born (1973). copy citation

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Author Emil Cioran
Source The Trouble With Being Born
Topic religion philosophy
Date 1973
Language English
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