“No object has ever had the experience of being touched.”

— Michel Henry

Books on Religion and Christianity, Incarnation: A philosophy of Flesh (2000)
Original: (fr) Aucun objet n'a jamais fait l'expérience d'être touché.

Michel Henry, Incarnation. Une philosophie de la chair, éd. du Seuil, 2000, p. 295

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