An email from a friend this evening contained an aphorism from E.M. Cioran. The aphorism (from, I’m guessing “The Trouble With Being Born”) is:
She meant absolutely nothing to me. Realizing, suddenly, after so many years, that whatever happens I shall never see her again, I nearly collapsed. We understand what death is [...]
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This is my unpublished (amateur) translation of Prof. Washida’s work. My tools were a Kanji dictionary and a Japanese-English dictionary. I hope you find this stimulating.
Then there is the question of “whose body is this?” Namely, the person that is my body becomes a problem in the fact that the relationship of “me” to “my” [...]
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Posted in Japanese Translations
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Carrion Existence
Commenting on the horrifying future of the skin and of the constancy of its decay, Cioran said, “Much more than the skeleton, it is the flesh, I mean the carrion flesh, which disturbs and alarms us—and which alleviates us as well (1974).” Further, in the same essay, he writes, “In order to conceive, and [...]
February 29, 2008 – 11:58 pm
The Disproportionate Body
Kiyokazu Wakabayashi
1. The Patchwork of the Body
The Shy Body, The Tense Body
The body is a troublesome thing.
Our body never changes directly by our own will. It is awkward and resistant to change. Not wanting others to see it, we conceal this ugly body. Why is this ugly body of mine so full of [...]
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