Life is whole only when it isn’t subordinate to a specific … - Georges Bataille

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Life is whole only when it isn’t subordinate to a specific object that exceeds it. In this way, the essence of entirety is freedom.

Georges Bataille

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About Georges Bataille

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

Each peal of music in the night was an incantatory summons to war and murder. The drum rolls were raised to their paroxysm in the expectation of an ultimate release in bloody salvos of artillery.

There is no better way to know death than to link it with some licentious image.

Life is whole only when it isn’t subordinate to a specific object that exceeds it. In this way, the essence of entirety is freedom. - Georges Bataille

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