07.08.2023 E. M. Cioran on thinkers

“In almost all thinkers, we may discern the need to believe in the subjects they discuss — they even identify themselves with theses subjects to a certain point. This need, blameworthy in theory, nonetheless turns out to be a blessing, since because of it they are not disgusted with thinking itself…”

-Drawn and Quartered, pg. 135