Full Idea
I turned away from philosophy when it became impossible to discover in Kant any human weakness, any authentic accent of melancholy; in Kant and in all the philosophers.
Gist of Idea
I abandoned philosophy because it didn't acknowledge melancholy and human weakness
Source
E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], 1 'Farewell')
Book Reference
Cioran,E.M.: 'A Short History of Decay', ed/tr. Howard,Richard [Penguin 2010], p.49
A Reaction
An interesting challenge, but if I set out to develop a philosophy based on human weakness I'm not sure where I would start, once I had settled the 'akrasia' [weakness of will] problem.