Contrary Quote by Georges Bataille

“The truth is paradoxical to the extent of being exactly contrary to the usual perception.” quote by Georges Bataille — Download Open image

“The truth is paradoxical to the extent of being exactly contrary to the usual perception.”

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

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The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.

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The total person is first disclosed ... in areas of life that are lived frivolously.

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