Maria-Otilia Oprea, Essai d’herméneutique théologique de la problématique du livre. „De l’inconvénient d’être né”
Theological hermeneutic essay of book issues
“The Shortcomings of Being Born”
The issue of Emil Cioran’s book – The Shortcomings of Being Born – reveals both the virtual connection between the various existential themes that philosopher alternative addresses, and especially the profound suffering of contemporan human.
Since the release in question of birth is inseparable from implementation cause of death, all painful journey between these two poles betrays a nostalgic desire to return to origins, which are identified with dark nothingness, or with distant light that we were inevitably separated. What we propose is an analysis in light of Christological anthropology, spiritual metabolism of “broken human” or, in other words, of the fallen human.
Beyond the psychological or metaphysical speculation, our theological hermeneutics essay does not intend the human as absolutely finite being, but as being eternal, meant to incorruption. In addition, we consider extremely important that the skepticism or negativity that cioranian aphorism evoleves, an initially eye discoveres traces of saving Redemption.
Keywords: birth/death, being/nothingness, light/dark, akedia, theological exegesis, Emil Cioran
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- http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/greg_m_epstein/2007/10/less_antitheism_more_humanism.html, consulté le 3 mai 2011
