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@daveyghee @Girardism https://t.co/3M0QBMgdIL

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@RuthIsWriting @DylanoA4 gonna be a little long, but :

The quote is Rene Girard’s, and its real context is considerably more interesting than the snapshot makes it look

Girard originally wrote it in “Eating Disorders and Mimetic Desire”

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@RuthIsWriting @DylanoA4 to sum it up :

modern people did not cease to be ascetics when they stopped aspiring to sainthood; much of that hunger for selfdenial, perfection, distinction and imitation migrated into secular competition over the body

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@RuthIsWriting @DylanoA4 weight can be recorded
calories can be counted
kilometers can be run
bodyfat percentage can be measured

comparisons can become almost limitless

(mimetic competition thrives on comparisons)

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