An intention that rejects what has no meaning in fact is a … - Georges Bataille

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An intention that rejects what has no meaning in fact is a rejection of the entirety of being.

Georges Bataille

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Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French writer. His multifaceted work is linked to the domains of literature, anthropology, philosophy, economy, sociology and history of art. Eroticism and transgression are at the core of his writings.

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Alternative Names: Pierre Angélique • George Bataille • Joruju Bataiyu • G. Bataiyu • Lord Auch • Pierre Angelique • Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille

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I remain in intolerable non-knowledge, which has no other way out than ecstasy itself.

It is clear that the world is purely parodic, in other words, that each thing seen is the parody of another, or is the same thing in a deceptive form.

Philosophy … finds itself to be no longer anything but the heir to a fabulous mystical theology, but missing a God and wiping the slate clean.

An intention that rejects what has no meaning in fact is a rejection of the entirety of being. - Georges Bataille

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