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The movement is a circular one. Bad eating habits can produce an excess of bile. This in turn produces depression, irritability, a critical view of people and events. On the other hand, the man who starts with such a view will finish with an excess of bile, too. This is why philosophic disciplines are directed toward both the body and the mind, not to one alone.

-- Notebooks Category 5: The Body > Chapter 3 : Diet > # 79