Eroticism ... is assenting to life up to the point of death
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"De l’érotisme, il est possible de dire qu’il est l’approbation de la vie jusque dans la mort" ("Eroticism, it may be said, is assenting to life up to the point of death.") is a famous dictum by Georges Bataille from his book Eroticism. It is the incipit of the introduction.
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English
It is most frequently translated into English as "Eroticism, it may be said, is assenting to life up to the point of death."
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Dutch
"Men kan van de erotiek zeggen, dat zij de bevestiging is van het leven tot in de dood."
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See also
- The goal of all life is death, dictum by Freud
- Dying is certainly to be regarded as the real aim of life, dictum by Schopenhauer
- Eros and Thanatos
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