“If a person gave away your body to some passerby, you’d be…

Twetch ·

“If a person gave away your body to some passerby, you’d be furious. Yet you hand over your mind to anyone who comes along, so they may abuse you, leaving it disturbed and troubled— have you no shame in that?” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 28

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Twetch ·

肉体与意识其实是一体的。没有意识的肉体是尸体,离开了身体的意识其实也是尸体。

Twetch ·

The flesh and consciousness are actually one. The unconscious flesh is a corpse, and the consciousness that left the body is actually a corpse.
Correct translation?

Twetch ·

Yes

Twetch ·

離開了身體的意識會尋找下一個肉體

Twetch ·

Without the consciousness of the body, it will find the next body??

Are you guys pulling this from some ancient text? If so which?