The philosophy of the body finds itself confronting an entire history of human thought that has prided itself on transcending the body. It is a history of thought that established itself in opposition to the powerful presence of the body, to its mortality and chaos, and to its ability to disrupt all the concepts that sought to organize the disorder that the body generates within thought, aiming to impose stability on the ever-changing nature of life. Moreover, the philosophy of the body faces humanity’s own fear of the body—the fear of human beings toward mortality and their desire for immortality and peace.