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Single Idea 19613

[from 'A Short History of Decay' by E.M. Cioran, in 24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / b. Natural authority ]

Full Idea

It is equally futile to refuse or to accept the social order: we must endure its changes for the better or the worse with a despairing conformism, as we endure birth, love, the weather, and death.

Gist of Idea

It is pointless to refuse or accept the social order; we must endure it like the weather

Source

E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], 1 'The Reactionary')

Book Reference

Cioran,E.M.: 'A Short History of Decay', ed/tr. Howard,Richard [Penguin 2010], p.41