The logic of pessimism moves through three refusals: a no-saying to the worst (refusal of the world-for-us, or Schopenhauers tears); a yes-saying to the worst (refusal of the world-in-itself, or Nietzsches laughter); and a no-saying to the for-us and the in-itself (a double refusal, or Ciorans sleep).Crying, laughing, sleepingwhat other responses are adequate to a life that is so indifferent?

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