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Quote by Georges Bataille

“Entirety exists within me as exuberance in empty longing in the desire to burn with desire.”

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French author and philosopher, born on September 10, 1897, and died on July 9, 1962. Bataille is known for his unique literary style and philosophical thinking, with works spanning various forms including novels, essays, and critiques. more

“The preceding criticism justifies the following definition of the entire human: human existence as the life of "unmotivated" celebration, celebration in all meaning of the word: laughter, dancing, orgy, the rejection of subordination, and sacrifice that scornfully puts aside any consideration of ends, property, and morality.”

Humans Ends Existence Sacrifice Morality Laughter Criticism Dancing Property Definitions Following Rejection Consideration Justify Celebration Human Existence Subordination Unmotivated

Author:Georges Bataille

“[Zarathustra] never abandoned the watchword of not having any end, not serving a cause, because, as he knew, causes pluck off the wings we fly with.”

Ends Causes Wings Serving Abandoned Pluck Zarathustra

Book:On Nietzsche

Source: On Nietzsche

“[Nietzsche's doctrine of the eternal return] is what makes moments caught up in the immanence of return suddenly appear as ends. In every other system, don't forget, these moments are viewed as means: Every moral system proclaims that "each moment of life ought to be motivated." Return unmotivates the moment and frees life of ends.”

Mean Ends Moments Forget Moral Return Ought Eternal Caught Doctrine Motivated Caught Up Moments Of Life

Author:Georges Bataille

“Human entirety can only be what it is when giving up the addiction to others' ends.”

Giving Humans Ends Giving Up Addiction Entirety

Book:On Nietzsche

Source: On Nietzsche

“THE ONLY REAL FAILURE IS TO FAIL OTHERS.”

Real Failing Failure

Book:A Scanner Darkly

Source: A Scanner Darkly

“Life ... is only heavy and none else; there is only the one trip, all heavy. Heavy that leads to the grave. For everyone and everything.”

Life Life Is Heavy Graves

Book:A Scanner Darkly

Source: A Scanner Darkly

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