Single Idea 23063

[catalogued under 29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven]

Full Idea

Paradise was unendurable, otherwise the first man would have adapted to it.

Gist of Idea

The first man obviously found paradise unendurable

Source

E.M. Cioran (The Trouble with Being Born [1973], 01)

Book Reference

Cioran,E.M.: 'The Trouble with Being Born', ed/tr. Richard Howard [Penguin 2012], p.11


A Reaction

Seems a bit harsh. There was evidently one aspect that was missing (knowledge), and he was surprised to find himself ejected for wanting it. Like a holiday in a Mediterranean hotel, with good food.