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Re:Harvard study predicts most suicide attempts a week in ad... by netfortius on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @10:41PM (#49620163)
Cioran claimed to have been able to avoid killing himself by fully embracing the idea of suicide.
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Re:Harvard study predicts most suicide attempts a week in ad... by gowld on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @11:11PM (#49620392)
Cioran was a pessimist and a nihilist (and a blowhard) and interested in the idea of suicide, but never suicidal in the first place.
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Re:Harvard study predicts most suicide attempts a week in ad... by netfortius on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @10:22AM (#49627120)
He denied being a nihilist, himself, multiple times, as well as those having studied his work. He was an extreme sceptic.
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