Walker Percy quote — “My laps-meter, the first caliper of the soul and the first hope of bri…”

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My laps-meter, the first caliper of the soul and the first hope of bridging the dread chasm that has rent the soul of Western man ever since the famous philosopher Descartes ripped body loose from mind and turned the very soul into a ghost that haunts its own house.

Walker Percy Love in the Ruins body descartes ghost haunt soul

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