An edition of De Lagrimas Y De Santos (1986)

Tears and saints

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An edition of De Lagrimas Y De Santos (1986)

Tears and saints

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Tears and Saints focuses not on martyrs or heroes but on the mystics - primarily female - famous for their keening spirituality and intimate knowledge of God. Their Christianity was anti-theological, anti-institutional, and based on intuition and sentiment. Many, such as Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, and Saint John of the Cross, have produced classic works of mystical literature; but Cioran celebrates many more minor and unusual figures as well.

Following Nietzsche, Cioran brings to light the political element hidden in saints' lives. In his hands, their charitable deeds are much less interesting than their thirst for pain and their equally powerful capacity to endure it.

What Cioran calls the "voluptuousness of suffering" is epitomized by Margaret Mary Alacoque's classic statement: "None of my sufferings has been equal to that of not having suffered enough." Behind this suffering and their uncanny ability to renounce everything through ascetic practices, Cioran detects a fanatical will to power.

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English
Pages
128

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Cover of: Lágrimas y santos
Lágrimas y santos
2017, Hermida Editores
Cover of: De Lagrimas De Santos
De Lagrimas De Santos
2008, TusQuets
Cover of: De Lagrimas Y De Santos
De Lagrimas Y De Santos
January 2002, Tusquets, Tusquets Editores S.A.
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Tears and Saints
Tears and Saints
July 6, 1998, University Of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Tears and saints
Tears and saints
1995, University of Chicago Press, University Of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Des Larmes et des Saints
Des Larmes et des Saints
October 1, 1988, French & European Pubns
Paperback
Cover of: Des larmes et des saints
Des larmes et des saints
1986, L'Herne
in French

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical reference (p. xxvi).

Published in
Chicago

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
235/.2
Library of Congress
B105.S79 C5613 1995, B105.S79C5613 1995, B105.S79 C56 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxvi, 128 p. ;
Number of pages
128

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL781282M
Internet Archive
tearssaints0000cior
ISBN 10
0226106721
LCCN
95013187
OCLC/WorldCat
32237103
LibraryThing
9582
Goodreads
1736920

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1407381W

First Sentence

"As I searched for the origin of tears, I thought of the saints."

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