"An intention that rejects what has no meaning in fact is a rejection of the entirety of being."
About Georges Bataille
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, and poetry, explored such subjects as eroticism, mysticism, surrealism, and transgression. His work would prove influential on subsequent schools of philosophy and social theory, including post-structuralism.
View full profileGet a daily quote
A new thought from history's greatest minds, every morning.
More on #philosophy
"I knew that he prayed a great deal, of course for help in the examinations. But subsequent clinical experience has convinced me that God is …"
— Robertson Davies
"I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being."
— Jackie Robinson
"Our place is somewhere between being and nonbeing — between two fictions."
— Emil Cioran
"A decision, an action, are infallible omens of what we shall do another time, not for any vague, mystic, astrological reason but because the…"
— Cesare Pavese
"When a lady does consent to listen to an argument against her own opinions, she is always predetermined to withstand it — to listen only wit…"
— Anne Brontë