Full Idea
By dint of accumulating non-mysteries and monopolizing non-meanings, life inspires more dread than death; it is life which is the Great Unknown.
Gist of Idea
Life is now more dreaded than death
Source
E.M. Cioran (A Short History of Decay [1949], 1 'Variations')
Book Reference
Cioran,E.M.: 'A Short History of Decay', ed/tr. Howard,Richard [Penguin 2010], p.11
A Reaction
This is the sort of remark we pay continental philosophers to make.