What did Georges Bataille mean by: Entirety exists within me as exuberance in empty longing in the desire to burn with desire. Georges Bataille Copy
I don’t want your love unless you know i am repulsive,and love me even as you know it. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Acceptance, Love, Vulnerability, 0 Georges Bataille
In what will survive me I am in harmony with my annihilation. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Annihilation, Harmony, Survival, 0 Georges Bataille
The sacred demands the violation of what is normally the object of terrified respect. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Respect, Sacred, Violation, 0 Georges Bataille
To choose evil is to choose freedom, emancipation from all restraint. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Emancipation, Freedom, Restraint, 0 Georges Bataille
The total person is first disclosed … in areas of life that are lived frivolously. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Disclosure, Frivolity, Life, 0 Georges Bataille
The truth is paradoxical to the extent of being exactly contrary to the usual perception. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Paradox, Perception, Truth, 0 Georges Bataille
Sacrifice is nothing other than the production of sacred things. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Production, Sacred, Sacrifice, 0 Georges Bataille
I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Contradiction, Truth, Violence, 0 Georges Bataille
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