Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others bu…

Emile M. Cioran
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Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. ✨ Aveux et anathemes (Anathemas and Admirations). Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1987.
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Chaos is rejecting all you have learned, chaos is being yourself. ✨ Emile M. Cioran (1975). A short history of decay, Viking Books
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That history just unfolds, independently of a specified direction, of a goal, no one is willing to admit. ✨ History and Utopia. Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. ✨ Aveux et anathemes (Anathemas and Admirations). Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1987.

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