It cannot by its nature love any other thing, except for itself and to… — Pensées
SAPIR 861
It cannot by its nature love any other thing, except for itself and to subject it to self, because each thing loves itself more than all. But in loving the body, it loves itself, because it only exists in it, by it, and for it. _Qui adhæret Deo unus spiritus est._[180]
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