“A man’s body and the needs of his body are now everywhere tr…”

“A man’s body and the needs of his body are now everywhere treated with a tender indulgence. Is the thinking mind then, to be the only thing that is never to obtain the slightest measure of consideration or protection, to say nothing of respect?”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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Title: Wikiquote: Arthur Schopenhauer
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“On Noise”

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Schopenhauer, Arthur. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Arthur Schopenhauer. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer

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