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Threats of Sanctity

Threats of Sanctity

By: Emil Cioran

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Apr 21, 2023
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The mission of Everyman is to fulfill the lie he incarnates, to succeed in being no more than an exhausted illusion.

— Emil Cioran

Able to live only beyond or short of life, man is a prey to two temptations: imbecility and sanctity: sub-man and superman, never himself. But whereas he does not suffer from the fear of being less than what he is, the prospect of being more terrifies him.

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