Costica Bradatan

Failure runs through it all, from Cioran’s “On the Heights of Despair” to “The Trouble with Being Born.”

We fail precisely because we are so afraid of failure.

Costica Bradatan contemplates the blind cruelty of power and the gifts of humility.

Ronald Collins celebrates the publication of “Venice Saved,” a play by Simone Weil, translated by Silvia Panizza and Philip Wilson....

Costica Bradatan looks back at, and behind, the life and thought of Umberto Eco, who waged a long war against “dietrologia” (“behindology”).

Costica Bradatan looks back at, and behind, the life and thought of Umberto Eco, who waged a long war against “dietrologia” (“behindology”).

The compelling story of four German-language thinkers in the aftermath of World War I....

The compelling story of four German-language thinkers in the aftermath of World War I.

Costica Bradatan considers the lessons of the famous Cynic Diogenes.

Costica Bradatan considers the lessons of the famous Cynic Diogenes....