“The human body is the best picture of the human soul.”
Ludwig Wittgenstein book Philosophical Investigations
Pt II, p. 178
Philosophical Investigations (1953)
“The crucified human body is our best picture of the unacknowledged human soul.”
The Claim of Reason: Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedy (Oxford: 1979), p. 430
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"Priestesses in the Church?" (1948), p. 237
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Arthur Ponsonby (1871–1946) British Liberal and later Labour politician and pacifist
Falsehood in Wartime (1928), Introduction
Context: In calm retrospect we can appreciate better the disastrous effects of the poison of falsehood, whether officially, semi-officially, or privately manufactured. It has been rightly said that the injection of the poison of hatred into men's minds by means of falsehood is a greater evil in war-time than the actual loss of life. The defilement of the human soul is worse than the destruction of the human body. A fuller realization of this is essential.
Jimmy Carter (1924) American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)
Remarks at a White House meeting commemorating the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (6 December 1978), Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1978 Book 1: January 1 to June 30, 1978, p. 2164
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Jimmy Carter (1924) American politician, 39th president of the United States (in office from 1977 to 1981)
Remarks at a White House meeting commemorating the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (6 December 1978), Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1978 Book 1: January 1 to June 30, 1978, p. 2164
Presidency (1977–1981), 1978
Kurien Kunnumpuram (1931–2018) Indian theologian
Kunnumpuram, K. (ed) (2006) Life in Abundance: Indian Christian Reflections on Spirituality. Mumbai: St Pauls
On Spirituality
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
Section 2, member 3, subsection 10.
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“Technology is made by humans. If we modify our body with human creations we become more human.”
Neil Harbisson (1984) Catalan-Irish musician, artist and activist
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