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Albert Camus declared that a writer's duty is twofold: "the refusal to lie about what one knows and the resistance against oppression

A Short History of Decay Tim Minchin then asks: “When did thisWitty and nihilistic essays from one of Central Europe's most remarkable philosophers. 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