““Humi lity, poverty, chastity are his (the p h i los opher' s) way of being a grand vivant, of making a temple o f hi s own body, for a cause that is a l l too proud, a l l too r i ch, all too sensual. So that by attacking the phi losopher, people know the shame of attacking a modest, poor, and chaste appearance, whi ch i n creases their impotent rage tenfold; and the phi los opher offers no purchase, a lthough he takes every b low””
