Speaking the Truth About Oneself by Michel Foucault;Henri-Paul Fruchaud;Daniele Lorenzini;

Author:Michel Foucault;Henri-Paul Fruchaud;Daniele Lorenzini; [Foucault, Michel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: PHI000000 Philosophy / General, PHI002000 Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2021-10-06T00:00:00+00:00

Marvel not that the animals other than man have furnished them, ready prepared by nature, what pertains to their bodily needs—not merely food and drink, but also a bed to lie on,—and that they have no need of shoes, or bedding, or clothing, while we are in need of all these things. For in the case of animals, born not for their own sake, but for service, to have created them in need of other things was not beneficial. Why, consider what it would be for us to have to take thought not for merely ourselves, but also for our sheep and our asses, how they are to be clothed and shod, how they are to find food and drink. But just as soldiers appear before their general, all ready for service, shod, clothed and armed, and it would be shocking if the colonel had to go around and equip his regiment with shoes or uniforms; so also nature has made animals, which are born for service, ready for use, equipped, and in need of no further attention. Consequently one small child with a rod can drive a flock of sheep.8

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