Excess
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| + | "<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Excess]] [[energy]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> must be spent, willingly or not, [[glory|glorious]]ly or [[catastrophe|catastrophical]]ly. This is the logic of [[sacrifice]]." --''[[The Accursed Share]]'', Georges Bataille, tr. Zone Books | ||
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| + | "It has frequently been remarked that popular feasts lead to [[excess]]es, and cause men to lose sight of the distinction separating the licit from the [[illicit]] ..." ''[[The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life ]]'' (1912), Émile Durkheim | ||
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| + | [[Image:Explosion.jpg|thumb|right|200px|An [[explosion]] is a [[violent]] release of [[energy]] (sometimes [[mechanical]], [[nuclear]], or [[chemical]].) Metaphorically, also used to denote a sudden [[increase]] or [[emotion]]al [[outburst]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Still Life with Nautilus Cup (1662) is by Willem Kalf.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Luxury]] is a form of excess. | ||
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| - | #The state of [[surpass]]ing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond [[sufficiency]], [[necessity]], or [[duty]]; that which [[exceed]]s what is [[usual]] or [[proper]]; [[immoderate]]ness; [[superfluity]]; [[superabundance]]; [[extravagance]]; as, an excess of provisions or of light. | + | '''Excess''' is the state of exceeding or going beyond limits, beyond what is normal or usual. Related terms include [[eccentricity]], [[extravagance]] and [[transgression]]. [[Georges Bataille]], in works such as ''[[The Accursed Share]]'', was a leading theorist on excess. |
| - | #:*To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, ... Is wasteful and ridiculous '''excess'''. - Shakespeare | + | |
| - | #:*That kills me with '''excess''' of grief, this with excess of joy. - Walsh | + | ==Etymology== |
| - | #An undue [[indulgence]] of the appetite; [[transgression]] of proper [[moderation]] in natural [[gratification]]s; [[intemperance]]; [[dissipation]]. | + | [[Old English]] ''exces'', excess, [[ecstasy]]; [[Latin]] ''excessus'' a going out, loss of [[self-possession]], from ''excedere'', ''excessum'', to go out, go beyond. See ''[[ex-]][[cedere]]''. |
| - | #:*Be not drunk with wine, wherein is ''excess''. ''Ephesians v. 18'' | + | |
| - | #:*Thy desire ... leads to no ''excess'' That reaches blame. - Milton | + | == Namesakes == |
| - | # {{geometry}} [[Spherical]] excess, the amount by which the [[sum]] of the three [[angle]]s of a spherical [[triangle]] exceeds two [[right angle]]s. The spherical excess is [[proportional]] to the [[area]] of the triangle. | + | *''[[Gamiani|Gamiani, ou Une Nuit d'Excès]]'' (1833) by Alfred de Musset |
| - | ==Quotations== | + | *''[[Visions of Excess (anthology of Georges Bataille translations)|Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939]]'' (1985) by Georges Bataille |
| - | *'''1920:''' ''"This is the [[last straw]]. In your [[infatuation]] for this man — a man who is [[notorious]] for his [[excess]]es, a man your father would not have allowed to so much as mention your name — you have [[reflec]]ted the [[demimonde|demi-monde]] rather than the circles in which you have presumably grown up."'' — [[The Offshore Pirate|The Offshore Pirate]] by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald|F. Scott Fitzgerald]]{{GFDL}} | + | == Contrast == |
| + | *[[Moderation]] | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Dissipation]] | ||
| + | *[[Extravagance]] | ||
| + | *[[Gratification]] | ||
| + | *[[Immoderate]]ness | ||
| + | *[[Indulgence]] | ||
| + | *[[Intemperance]] | ||
| + | *[[Superfluity]] | ||
| + | *[[Superabundance]] | ||
| + | *[[Transgression]] | ||
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"[Excess energy] must be spent, willingly or not, gloriously or catastrophically. This is the logic of sacrifice." --The Accursed Share, Georges Bataille, tr. Zone Books "It has frequently been remarked that popular feasts lead to excesses, and cause men to lose sight of the distinction separating the licit from the illicit ..." The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (1912), Émile Durkheim |
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Excess is the state of exceeding or going beyond limits, beyond what is normal or usual. Related terms include eccentricity, extravagance and transgression. Georges Bataille, in works such as The Accursed Share, was a leading theorist on excess.
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Etymology
Old English exces, excess, ecstasy; Latin excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, from excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond. See ex-cedere.
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Namesakes
- Gamiani, ou Une Nuit d'Excès (1833) by Alfred de Musset
- Visions of Excess: Selected Writings, 1927-1939 (1985) by Georges Bataille
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Contrast
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See also
- Dissipation
- Extravagance
- Gratification
- Immoderateness
- Indulgence
- Intemperance
- Superfluity
- Superabundance
- Transgression
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