Transfiguration: a methodological anti-scepticism in the Romanian work of Emil Cioran
transfiguration; scepticism; pessimism
This research aims to define and dimension the idea of transfiguration in Emil Cioran's Romanian work, with the more specific objective of elucidating the ways that this thought explores the movement to overcome skepticism as a psychological state, without, however, disqualifying it as a theory of knowledge. For this purpose, we have structured the path of our investigation based on two fundamental questions: (i) What is the cioranian conception of skepticism? (ii) What is the concept of transfiguration? By defining them, we can conclude that transfiguration is a proposal to overcome skepticism, that is, a methodological anti-skepticism.