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Emil Cioran's name is often linked to such words as “philosopher” and “(a)moralist”. As moralist activities — i.e., interpreting ethical acts in their practical dimension — are obviously sub-species of philosophical activities, it is not hard to equate this man from Rã°inari with a person who undeniably belongs to the realm of philosophical reflection. What matters — especially in the light of this paper — is to identify what kind of philosopher Cioran was and which were the assumptions for taking “philosophy” as Object-Choice. Any critical and hermeneutical approach of Cioran's works and biography is obviously difficult, given their huge human and theoretical complexity. Being willing to take risks, I think that blindly “psychoanalyzing” the author of Fall into Time is a scientifically honourable endeavour, and the results of such endeavour can only help to a better understanding of the man and of his reflective vision.
It should be noted that the following is only an unverifiable hypothesis, inasmuch as some Romanian intellectual circles still suffer from an almost neurotic blindness, when confronted with the revelations brought