I couldn't stop thinking about the body, what a hard fact it was. That philosopher who said we think, therefore we are, should havespent an hour in the maternity ward of Waite Memorial Hospital. He'dhave had to change his whole philosophy. The mind was so thin, barely a spiderweb, with all its finethoughts, aspirations, and beliefs in its own importance. Watch howeasily it unravels, evaporates under the first lick of pain. Janet Fitch
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A philosopher who knew that he was a philosopher and talked about philosophy was not doing anything productive. He would have had to be in the maternity ward of Waite Memorial Hospital to change his whole philosophy. The mind was so thin, barely a spiderweb, with all its finethoughts, aspirations, and beliefs in its own importance. Watch how easily it unravels, evaporates under the first lick of pain.

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