"I think that knowledge enslaves us, that at……" — Georges Bataille
"I think that knowledge enslaves us, that at the base of all knowledge there is a servility, the acceptation of a way of life wherein each moment has meaning only in relation to another or others that will follow it."
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Georges Bataille
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