A philosopher is one who, as an athlete of totality, is laden with the weight of the world. The essence of philosophy as a form of living is philponia – friendship with the entirety of weighty and worth things. The love of wisdom and the love of the weight of the one whole are unified.
-Peter Sloterdijk
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