Body

Body

With regard to living things, a body is the physical body of an individual. "Body" often is used in connection with appearance, health issues and death. The study of the workings of the body is physiology.

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Famous quotes containing the word body:

    “Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust.”
    —Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)

    “A Man’s body and his mind, with the utmost reverence to both I speak it, are exactly like a jerkin, and a jerkin’s lining;Mrumple the one—you rumple the other.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

    “Whatever men you take, keep the idea of man intact: let your soul wait whether your body does or not.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)