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In The Helter-skelter Of This Book, I Didn't Develop My Views As Theory. In Fact, I Even Believe That Efforts Of That Kind Are Tainted With Ponderousness. Nietzsche Wrote "with His Blood," And Criticizing, Or, Better, Experiencing Him Means Pouring Out One's Lifeblood. It Was Only With My Life That I Wrote The Nietzsche Book That I Had Planned.

-Georges Bataille

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In The Helter-skelter Of This Book, I

Georges Bataille

In The Helter-skelter Of This Book, I Didn't Develop My Views As Theory. In Fact, I Even Believe That Efforts Of That Kind Are Tainted With Ponderousness. Nietzsche Wrote "with His Blood," And Criticizing, Or, Better, Experiencing Him Means Pouring Out One's Lifeblood. It Was Only With My Life That I Wrote The Nietzsche Book That I Had Planned.

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