"... exercise is not purely physical, as if we might carve off
the flesh, leaving the spirit behind. And this is a crucial
philosophical message: of wholeness. The human condition involves a
continual to-and-fro between the body and the mind. In fact, the nouns
make these aspects of self seem more divided than they are. Thinking is
embodied, and acting is mindful. We are not a ghost in a machine, to use
philosopher Gilbert Ryle's phrase: we are bodies, and these bodies are
conscious."
-- Damon Young
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