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65: Ibn Khaldun - The Muqaddimah

The Nietzsche Podcast

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The Influence of Abundance on the Body

Kaldun writes in the Preferatory discussion on human civilization that people who live a life of abundance die more quickly than others. The influence of abundance upon the body is apparent even in matters of religion and divine worship, he says. Kaldun sees moisture or wetness as an element that weakens or sort of softens or degrades you because being drunk is like soul-drinking.

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