MARIUS ION
Abstract
In this essay I intend to tackle the lesser-known dimension of Cioran metaphysics, the sacred. Key concepts in his single work dedicated to seemingly eccentric issues Tears and Saints are: boredom and ecstasy, melancholy and music, despair and tears sprung from a broken heart to crying. Through his thoughts or lamentations, Cioran develops a comprehensive esthetic discourse, without giving a system of thought on the sacred.