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When the body's appetites and the intellect's curiosity get an excessive grip on a man, they throw an air of unreality on aspiration which soars beyond both. This makes intuitive feeling and metaphysical thinking seem irksome or trivial.

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 1 : Uplift Character > # 184