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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 20th-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.

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