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XIX. The human mind has no knowledge of the body, and does not know it to exist, save through the ideas of the modifications whereby the body is affected Proof.-The human mind is the very idea or knowledge of the human body (II.

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  1. noun The entire material or physical structure of an organism, especially of a human or animal.
  2. noun The physical part of a person.
  3. noun A corpse or carcass.

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  • Besides, we could never develop the property as long as the body was there. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 01] - Baltimore Blues
  • Almost as soon as his body was accustomed to the greater demands I placed upon it, Dylan started to move his hips back and forth, using the muscles in his thigh, arms, and belly to achieve a wave-like motion in his lower body that forced my two fingers deeper into him, setting his own pace, grunting with each backward motion, then gasping as he pulled away again. —  XXXX
  • The bronze man had evolved a tentative theory which gave him a good reason for this belief But neither Mathers in the flesh nor his body was anywhere to be found Doc returned to the doorway leading to the lounging room. —  041 - The Black Spot
  • The best training-school for the body is the gymnasium. —  Brave Men and Women
  • At the present moment my body is as lithe, as powerful and as enduring as the body of a youth of twenty, and I attribute this wealth of health to the fact that twenty-five years ago, I tackled this problem of self-mastery and laid the foundations for my present strength. —  From the Bottom Up
 

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  1. Middle English bodi, from Old English bodig.

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  1. from Middle English body, bodi, from Anglo-Saxon bodig, body, = Old High German botah, botach, Middle High German botech, botich, body; perhaps akin to Old High German botahha, Middle High German boteche, botech, German bottich, a large vessel, tub, vat; but this may come from another source, that of boot. The Gaelic bodhaig, body, is from English
  2. from body, n.
 

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