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Kant's critical philosophy is the most elaborate fit of panic in the history of the Earth.
The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism (1992)
Nature, far from being logical, 'is perhaps entirely the excess of itself', smeared ash and flame upon zero, and zero is immense.
The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism (1992)
I dream of the damnation I have so amply earned, stolen from me by the indolence of God.
The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism (1992)
Dead labour is far harder to control than the live stuff was, which is why the enlightenment project of interring gothic superstition was the royal road to the first truly vampiric civilization, in which death alone comes to rule.
The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism (1992)
God is nowhere to be found, yet there is still so much light! Light that dazzles and maddens; crisp, ruthless light. Space echoes like an immense tomb, yet the stars still burn. Why does the sun take so long to die? Or the moon retain such fidelity to the Earth? Where is the new darkness? The greatest of all unknowings? Is death itself shy of us?
The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism (1992)