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Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.   Bataille, Georges

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Georges Bataille (September 16, 1897 July 9, 1962) was a French writer, anthropologist and philosopher, though he avoided this last term himself. · Can we improve this biography? Post your version

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