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The total person is first disclosed ... in areas of life that are lived frivolously.
Georges Bataille
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Georges Bataille
Age: 64 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 10
Died: 1962
Died: July 9
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Bilhom
Pierre Angélique
George Bataille
Joruju Bataiyu
G. Bataiyu
Lord Auch
Pierre Angelique
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The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
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