--- title: "3 Immune system Quotes By Peter Sloterdijk" description: "3 Immune system quotes by Peter Sloterdijk. Plus more from Peter Sloterdijk and more Immune system sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/peter-sloterdijk-8761_immune-system_consequently-immune-systems-at-this-leve_829621.png" --- > [“Consequently, immune systems at this level can be defined a priori as embodied expectations of injury and the corresponding programmes of protection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/consequently-immune-systems-at-this-level-can-be-defined-a-priori-as/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/peter-sloterdijk-8761_immune-system_consequently-immune-systems-at-this-leve_829621.png) > [“Viewed in this light, life itself appears as a dynamics of integration that is equipped with auto-therapeutic or 'endo-clinical' competencies and refers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/viewed-in-this-light-life-itself-appears-as-a-dynamics-of-integration/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/peter-sloterdijk-8761_biology_viewed-in-this-light-life-itself-appears_1529391.jpg) > [“...only very few - only humans, as far as we know - achieve the second level of transcendent movement. Through this, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/only-very-few-only-humans-as-far-as-we-know-achieve-the-second-level/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/peter-sloterdijk-8761_environment_only-very-few-only-humans-as-far-as-we-k_1895314.jpg) ## Other authors on Immune system - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gabor-mate-36627.jpg) Gabor Maté 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/immune-system/gabor-mat/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deepak-chopra-28468.jpg) Deepak Chopra 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/immune-system/deepak-chopra/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/immune-system/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/immune-system/bill-gates/) ## More by Peter Sloterdijk > [“Cultural criticism always attacks the mass media. I don't think that makes sense. We should look more closely at the work of deformation that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/cultural-criticism-always-attacks-the-mass-media-i-don-t-think-that/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“A completely different aspect, however, the thoroughly incommensurable one, lies in the imposition of accepting that the torso sees me while I observe it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/a-completely-different-aspect-however-the-thoroughly-incommensurable/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [Ventilation is the profound secret of existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/ventilation-is-the-profound-secret-of-existence/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“In this book, we will naturally be dealing primarily with the manifestations of the third level of immunity. I gather material on the biography…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/in-this-book-we-will-naturally-be-dealing-primarily-with-the/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“As in the days of the first Merovingian, who pledged allegiance to the cross because of a victorious battle, today's children of the banalized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/as-in-the-days-of-the-first-merovingian-who-pledged-allegiance-to-the/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“In his treatise on the battles between the gods underlying ancient Dionysian theatre, the young Nietzsche notes: 'Alas! The magic of these struggles is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/in-his-treatise-on-the-battles-between-the-gods-underlying-ancient/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“It is not sufficient, he emphasized, to colour (colorare) the mind with wisdom; it must be pickled (macerare) in it, as it were, soaked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/it-is-not-sufficient-he-emphasized-to-colour-colorare-the-mind-with/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“What appears in the former statue of Apollo, however, cannot simply be equated with the Olympian of the same name, who had to ensure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/what-appears-in-the-former-statue-of-apollo-however-cannot-simply-be/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“This much should be clear by now: the term 'renaissance' can only remain fruitful and demanding as long as it refers to a far-reaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/this-much-should-be-clear-by-now-the-term-renaissance-can-only-remain/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“As the following pages deal with the practising life, they lead - in accordance with their topic - to an expedition into the little-explored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/as-the-following-pages-deal-with-the-practising-life-they-lead-in/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“Something is indeed returning today - but the conventional wisdom that this is religion making its reappearance is insufficient to satisfy critical inquiries. Nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/something-is-indeed-returning-today-but-the-conventional-wisdom-that/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“Here we should quote especially those sections from Nietzsche's central morality-critical work The Genealogy of Morals that deal with their subject in a diction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/here-we-should-quote-especially-those-sections-from-nietzsche-s/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“In his field, and with his means, Rilke carries out an operation that one could philosophically describe as the 'transformation of being into message'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/in-his-field-and-with-his-means-rilke-carries-out-an-operation-that/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [“This background enables us to understand a fact that is symptomatic of the current phase of saturation: there are countless people who want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/this-background-enables-us-to-understand-a-fact-that-is-symptomatic/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) > [ “\[Nietzsche's\] questions - transcend, but where to; ascend, but to what height? - would have answered themselves if he had calmly kept both feet… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/nietzsche-s-questions-transcend-but-where-to-ascend-but-to-what/) [Peter Sloterdijk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-sloterdijk/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/immune-system/peter-sloterdijk/#itemlist", "name": "3 Immune system Quotes By Peter Sloterdijk", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Consequently, immune systems at this level can be defined a priori as embodied expectations of injury and the corresponding programmes of protection and repair.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Sloterdijk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-sloterdijk/consequently-immune-systems-at-this-level-can-be-defined-a-priori-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/peter-sloterdijk-8761_immune-system_consequently-immune-systems-at-this-leve_829621.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/peter-sloterdijk-8761_immune-system_consequently-immune-systems-at-this-leve_829621.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/peter-sloterdijk-8761_immune-system_consequently-immune-systems-at-this-leve_829621.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Consequently, immune systems at this level can be defined a priori as embodied expectations of injury and…” — Peter Sloterdijk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Viewed in this light, life itself appears as a dynamics of integration that is equipped with auto-therapeutic or 'endo-clinical' competencies and refers to a species-specific space of surprise. 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