It is truly wonderful that Cioran moved to Paris, decided to live without ever holding down a job, and succeeded! Just thinking about this success sparks ideas… It is curious: it seems that something always comes to the rescue of every radical decision of this kind. At least, that is the impression that seems to emerge from reading countless biographies. Someone will surely object: “These, of course, are the ones who survived to tell the story.” But there are many! They go to the extremes of anguish, and when they find the situation unbearable, when they would rather die than prolong it, they take the risk, resolve to do the impossible, and commit to never giving in. And, in the end, things happen. Ah, ideas!…