“To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have gelded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened by the crowing of a rooster or when strolling under a starry heaven. In general, people savor the… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have welded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened by the crowing of a rooster or when strolling under a starry heaven. In general, people savor the… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
I think that knowledge enslaves us, that at the base of all knowledge there is a servility, the acceptation of a way of life… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
“The absent and inert girl hanging dreamless from my arms is no more foreign to me than the door or window through which I… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit; to become delightful, happiness must be tainted with poison. — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
If I want to realize totality in my consciousness, I have to relate myself to an immense, ludicrous, and painful convulsion of all of… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
“Our only real pleasure is to squander our resources to no purpose, just as if a wound were bleeding away inside us; we always… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
[F]or academic men to be happy, the universe would have to take shape. All of philosophy has no other goal: it is a matter… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
I remain in intolerable non-knowledge, which has no other way out than ecstasy itself. — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
[Zarathustra] never abandoned the watchword of not having any end, not serving a cause, because, as he knew, causes pluck off the wings we… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
“Pathetic creatures on their knees... Tirelessly, naively repeating, "Don't take our word for it! Alas, we're not all that logical. We say God–though in… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
The total person is first disclosed ... in areas of life that are lived frivolously. — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
Thought does not ennoble us and neither does it differentiate humans from other animals. — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
I enjoyed the innocence of unhappiness and of helplessness; could I blame myself for a sin which attracted me, which flooded me with pleasure… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction. — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
![“[F]or academic men to be happy, the universe would have to take shape. All of philosophy has no other goal: it is a matter of giving a frock coat to what is, a mathematical frock coat. On the other hand, affirming that the universe resembles nothing and is only formless amounts to saying that the…” quote by Georges Bataille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d5d/georges-bataille-3741_academic_f-or-academic-men-to-be-happy-the-univer_156790.jpg)
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