What did Georges Bataille mean by: I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. Georges Bataille Copy
The emotional element which gives an obsessive value to communal existence is death. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Death, Emotion, 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
Eroticism, it may be said, is assenting to life up to the point of death Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Death, Eroticism, Life, 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
Indeed, the direction of the future is only there in order to elude us. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Elusiveness, Time, Uncertainty, 0 Georges Bataille
An intention that rejects what has no meaning in fact is a rejection of the entirety of being. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Georges Bataille, Existence, Intention, Meaning, 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
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