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The fact is, that what de Sade was trying to bring to the surface of the conscious mind was precisely the thing that revolted that mind... From the very first he set before the consciousness things which it could not tolerate.

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Georges Bataille

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:
  1. Histoire de l'œil (1928)
  2. The Accursed Share
  3. Inner Experience (1943)
  4. Death and sensuality (1962)
  5. The tears of Eros
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