This one hit me. When you think through the evolution, bodies did precede brains. We tend to think o

This one hit me. When you think through the evolution, bodies did precede brains. We tend to think of our brains as so special, because our brain are what have given humans our advantage over all other animals. And that’s true.

Zarathustra says, “There is more reason in your body than in your best wisdom."

But the body really did come first. The brain is the servant of the body. I had never thought of it that way. I missed this on my first reading, too. That’s deeper than a whale corpse.