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The liberty of man consists solely in this: that he obeys natural laws because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been externally imposed upon him by any extrinsic will whatever, divine or human, collective or individual.
Georges Bataille
Born: September 10, 1897
Died: July 9, 1962 (aged 64)
Bio: Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French intellectual and literary figure working in literature, philosophy, anthropology, economics, sociology and history of art.
Known for:
- Histoire de l'œil (1928)
- The Accursed Share
- Inner Experience (1943)
- Death and sensuality (1962)
- The tears of Eros
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