Emil Cioran & Petre Ţuţea interview w/ Gabriel Liiceanu (english subs)

Prominent members of the Romanian Generation of the 1930's, Emil Cioran (1911-1995) and Petre Ţuţea (1902-1991), talk about each other in this interview by Gabriel Liiceanu.

Cioran comments on Ţuţea's marxist past before converting to Christianity, while imprisoned. Ţuţea, on the other hand, analyzes Cioran's struggle to find God and believe in Him -- although never fulfilling his religious quest -- and refutes his characterization as an atheist. Ţuţea brings forward Cioran's fierce pessimism and his Schopenhauerian influences.

Translation credits:

http://www.youtube.com/user/wotanstod
http://www.youtube.com/user/Valahia2008

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"I would not want to live in a world drained of all religious feeling. I am not thinking of faith but of that inner vibration which, independent of any belief in particular, projects you into, and sometimes above God..." (CIORAN, Drawn and Quartered)

"'I shall take the liberty of praying for you'. - 'Glad to heart it. But who will listen to you?'" (CIORAN, Drawn and Quartered)

"'When the soul is in a state of grace, its beauty is so high and so admirable that it far surpasses all that is beautiful in nature, and delights the eyes of God and the Angels' - Ignatius Loyola.
I have sought to settle in an ordinary grace; I have tried to liquidate all interrogations and vanish in an ignorant light, in any light disdainful of the intellect. But how to attain to the sigh of felicity superior to problems, when no 'beauty' illuminates you, and when God and Angels are blind?
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By what peculiarity of fate do certain beings, having reached the point where they might coincide with a faith, retreat to follow a path which leads only to themselves - and hence anywhere? It is out of fear that once installed in grace they might lose there their distinct virtues? Each man develops at the expense of his depths, each man is a mystic who denies himself: the earth is inhabited by various forms of grace manqué, by trampled mysteries.
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One cannot will faith; like a disease, it insinuates itself in you or strikes you down; no one can command it; and it is absurd to long for it if you are not predestined to it. You are a believer or you are not, the way you are crazy or normal. I can neither believe nor want to believe; faith, a form of madness to which I am not at all subject The unbelievers position is quite as impenetrable as the believers. I devote myself to the pleasure of being disappointed: this is the very essence of the world; above Doubt, I rank only the delight which derives from it"

(CIORAN, A Short History of Decay)

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[rodericusignatius]

It is not a matter of believing, but of seeing and not duping oneself. A glimpse at History tells it all. On the other hand, life in only bearable on illusions, artifices and errors.

[rodericusignatius]

@rodericusignatius The moments of true happiness and joy throughout history are as frequent as the moments of ecstasy in the life of a mystic.

[heliwithH]

Pe Cioran l-a tradat expresia fetei si exilul francez, nu si-a stramutat numai fizicul, ci si gandirea si indepartarea de romanism, de responsabilitati native intr-o perioada de regim crunt, Tutea a indurat totul lucid pana-n ultima clipa. Filozofia nu-i doar un moft didactic si ieftin al pseudo-intelectualilor care vor sa se separe de manelism, e o abordare sanatoasa particulara de viata.

[swa5297]

Thank you so much for uploading and most of all TRANSLATING. Thank you, thank you, thank you

[davidcarmel2]

@56mihail

visezi copile. In legatura cu pilda Lui Lazar citeste Biruinta Lui Isus asupra portilor iadului. Iar Tutea, este un mare om, unul cinstit si cu adevarat crestin

[parfumeria33ro]

Cioran 1 - 0 Tutea

[aduhux]

orice, dar absolut ocice vant ar incerca sa te indoaie, nu reuseste daca asculti/citesti vorbele de aur si nestemate ale lui Tutea. Il admir mult pe Cioran, dar altauri de Tutea este un mic copil...Dumnezeu sa-i odihneasca!

[The416092]

Priviti,Lady Gaga a apasat de 9 ori pe dislike ;)

[The416092]

Cel mai inteligent om.....eminescu 2

[sebbej1]

@56mihail daca vezi la Ev.dupa Ioan ca nu el boteza ci ucenicii ,pai ca apoi s-au lepadat pe drumul golgotei nu-i de mirare poate si tu vei suferi de unul singur.Iisus a vrut unitate nu spune ca in lumea asta am venit sa aduc pace ,dar mai spune ca am venit sa despart de fiica de parinti.Apoi spune ca trebuie sa mancati trupul si sangele.Asteptam totul de la Iisus :sa primim Viata Vesnica in noi dar fara sa facem nimica pe cand asa a cazut catolicismul a tinut la om si nu la sufletul din el.

[56mihail]

@gigel1bucur Nu, nu ma deranjeaza, dar daca citeai bibia asa cum iti spun de atita vreme aflai ca noi crestinii am primit un duh de infiere, nu de frica, si in acest caz noi traim bucuria vietii care are mintuirea asigurata.Trebuie doar pastrata, ap Pavel spune cum. Slobozenia in Isus este taina , biblia spune sa nu faceti din aceasta o haina a rautatii. Credinta adevarata este frumoasa, trebuie traita personal nu rin reprezentare.Dumnezeul pacii sa te aiva in grija.

[56mihail]

@VestitorulPrimaverii Esti foarte rau pornit, eu nu am spus nr.1, am spus in primii 70 ai lumii. RW nu a schimbat nici o confesiune, a fost lutheran, doar ca a predicat la toate confesiunile.El ii vedea ca fratii lui pe toti cei ce credeau in Isus.A predicat insa si in India si in Japonia la confucianisti, si nu era putin lucru.Sfatul meu este sa te debaraseszi de lumea "udercover", lasa-i in treaba lor, au si ei locul lor si iti spun eu, sunt destui crestini si printre .

[56mihail]

@gigel1bucur Corect spus, ai nevoie de indrumarea Duhului Sfint, iar cu privire la "popa orb" se poate citi Ioan 9 vers 38 la 41.Cred ca te vei dumiri singur. Si cu tot respectul as vrea sa nu te superi, dar nu mai doresc "discutii" fara suport biblic.De pareri sunt plin.Am ale mele suficiente ca sa-mi dea batai de cap pina la infarct. Glumesc dar, doresc sa ma intelegi.Fii binecuvintat.