I want to speak to the despisers of the body. I would not have them le…

Friedrich Nietzsche
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I want to speak to the despisers of the body. I would not have them learn and teach differently, but merely say farewell to their own bodies-- and thus become silent. ✨ Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). The Portable Nietzsche, p.95, Penguin
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