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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Reply to Second Objections' and 'The Trouble with Being Born'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being

23077	The word 'being' is very tempting, but in fact means nothing at all [Cioran]
	Full Idea: Whether it is spoken by a grocer or a philosopher, the word 'being', apparently so rich, so tempting, so charged with significance, in fact means nothing at all; incredible that a man in his right mind can use it on any occasion whatever.
	From: E.M. Cioran (The Trouble with Being Born [1973], 12)
	A reaction: I entirely agree. It resembles the redundancy view of 'true' (with which I do not agree).