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According to Montaigne, it was the oppressive notion that we had complete mental control over our bodies, and the horror of departing from this portrait of normality, that had left the man unable to perform sexually.

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Alain de Botton
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 20
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City of Zurich
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