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To place oneself in the position of God is painful: being God is equivalent to being tortured. For being God means that one is in harmony with all that is, including the worst. The existence of the worst evils is unimaginable unless God willed them.

Georges Bataille

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Georges Bataille
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 10
Died: 1962
Died: July 9
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