Bataille

Literature and Evil

Michelet Recall, DeLancre's trials were ended by the state. These witch's sabbaths surpassed the
paradoxical death of god in many ways, not the least by ending the omnipotence of the Church. n
response to the !iolence of the sabbath, the "tate assumed final power, and the "pirit was subsumed.
n the countless fires, illuminating the faces of priests, they became #eople$sub%ects of go!ernance.
Cruelty is always coincident with utter &umanity.
The 'ood is always social....(!il and 'ood are both persistent trends in that they try to go as far as
possible, as long as possible....howe!er (!il does not support other (!ils. The 'ood is communicable
and sustainable for communities. t circumscribes them. (!il is effer!escent by nature.
Inner Experience
#reface) *ollowing +iet,sche, rony is not the mar- of the superman. t is culture at its most decadent.
&is strange ideal is that of the spirit which plays nai!ely$that is, not deliberately, but from
o!erflowing power and abundance. .nd this is where real seriousness may begin.
#art /
0f all the possibilities of man, certain of them ha!e been left so far in the past, that access to these
outlets is bloc-ed off...excepting dramatic leaps. t is as if we were playacting at religion to regain the
old stoc- of feelings out of which the original acti!ities responded.