[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fHeu5XBg6E03hczSNCCxFbZ-l4WTNC18g5g0b14XL4RY":3,"$fqFXTk-D421ezF3QQ8Muyfu-LZiPrA0X6CG3-aq3HufU":16},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},10643,"Georges Bataille","G",168,null,"georges-bataille",[12],{"tag_id":13,"tag_name":14,"tag_count":15},3785,"giving",5,{"quotes":17,"pagination":82},[18,26,32,38,45,51,57,63,70,76],{"id":19,"quote_text":20,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":23,"source":24,"quote_tag":25,"commentary":9},3048937,"The miraculous moment is the moment when anticipation dissolves into NOTHING. It is the moment when we are relieved of anticipation, man’s customary misery, of the anticipation that enslaves, that subordinates the present moment to some anticipated result. Precisely in the miracle, we are thrust from our anticipation of the future into the presence of the moment, of the moment illuminated by a miraculous light, the light of the sovereignty of life delivered from its servitude.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":27,"quote_text":28,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":29,"source":30,"quote_tag":31,"commentary":9},3048936,"VII The happiness we find in becoming is possible only by annihilating the reality of “existences” and lovely appearance, and through the pessimistic destruction of illusions: so, by annihilating even the loveliest appearances, Dionysian happiness attains its height.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":33,"quote_text":34,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":35,"source":36,"quote_tag":37,"commentary":9},3048935,"I approach poetry: but only to miss it.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":39,"quote_text":40,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":41,"source":42,"quote_tag":43,"commentary":44},3048934,"The certainty of incoherence in reading, the inevitable crumbling of the soundest constructions, is the deep truth of books. Since appearance constitutes a limit, what truly exists is a dissolution into common opacity rather than a development of lucid thinking. The apparent unchangingness of books is deceptive: each book is also the sum of the misunderstandings it occasions.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\n\nThis quote is characteristic of Georges Bataille's philosophical and literary works, particularly his essay \"The Notion of Expenditure\" (1933) and the posthumously published work \"Literary Miscellanea\" (1985). During this period, Bataille was deeply engaged with the concept of expenditure, exploring how individuals and societies allocate value to things. His own personal experiences, including his involvement in the French Resistance during World War II, likely influenced his perspectives on the instability and impermanence of meaning.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nWhat lies beneath the surface of this quote is a profound skepticism about the nature of knowledge and understanding. Bataille is arguing that even the most well-structured ideas, like books, are ultimately subject to decay and reinterpretation, rendering them opaque rather than clear. This tension between the desire for lucid thinking and the inevitability of misunderstanding highlights the provisional and contextual nature of meaning.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nIn today's fast-paced, interconnected world, this mindset can be applied by acknowledging that our understanding of any topic is inherently temporary and subject to revision. Rather than striving for definitive answers or absolute truths, we should cultivate a willingness to reassess and revise our interpretations as new information arises, embracing the provisional nature of knowledge and the inevitable dissolution of certainty. This openness to reinterpretation allows us to navigate complex issues with greater flexibility and nuance.",{"id":46,"quote_text":47,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":48,"source":49,"quote_tag":50,"commentary":9},3048933,"A poet doesn’t justify-he doesn’t accept-nature completely. True poetry is outside laws. But poetry ultimately accepts poetry.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":52,"quote_text":53,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":54,"source":55,"quote_tag":56,"commentary":9},3048931,"Poetry reveals a power of the unknown. But the unknown is only an insignificant void if it is not the object of a desire. Poetry is a middle term, it conceals the known within the unknown: it is the unknown painted in blinding colors, in the image of a sun.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":58,"quote_text":59,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":60,"source":61,"quote_tag":62,"commentary":9},3048930,"The announcement of a vast project is always its betrayal.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":64,"quote_text":65,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":66,"source":67,"quote_tag":68,"commentary":69},3048929,"The power of death signifies that this real world can only have a neutral image of life, that life’s intimacy does not reveal it’s dazzling consumption until the moment it gives out.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\n\nThis poignant quote is from Georges Bataille's seminal work, \"Death and Sensuality\" (1967), a culmination of his philosophical explorations into the nature of existence, mortality, and human experience. At the time of writing, Bataille was grappling with his own existential crises, having survived Nazi occupation in France during World War II. His work reflects a deep introspection on the human condition, seeking to reconcile the contradictions between life and death.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nBataille's statement reveals a profound paradox: our understanding of life's true nature is only fully revealed through its confrontation with mortality. The \"neutral image\" of life he speaks of implies that our everyday experiences are but a pale reflection of life's inherent intensity, which can only be grasped at the threshold of death. This tension between life and death underscores the idea that human existence is fundamentally marked by the unknown, the unseen, and the unexperienced.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply this mindset today, acknowledge that your most mundane tasks may be mere facsimiles of true living. Recognize that it's often only when faced with the impermanence of things (be they relationships, health, or possessions) that we are compelled to confront our own mortality and, by extension, life's authentic meaning.",{"id":71,"quote_text":72,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":73,"source":74,"quote_tag":75,"commentary":9},3048926,"That discourse one might call the poetry of transgression is also knowledge. He who transgresses not only breaks a rule. He goes somewhere that the others are not; and he knows something the others don’t know.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":77,"quote_text":78,"author_id":5,"source_id":21,"has_image":22,"author":79,"source":80,"quote_tag":81,"commentary":9},3048923,"As for the sphere of thought, it is horror. Yes, it is horror itself.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":83,"totalPages":84,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":85},1,17,10]