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Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠structurally superior himself, and carries within himself an asymmetry in which he moulds and is moulded.

Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the creature of excesses, the animal from which 'too much is demanded' and above all, the animal that demands of itself the improbable.

Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a creature of distance of the distance from himself, from others, from the world, from their own world schemas. Human eccentricity allows humans to 'step out of the river of life and take residence on the shore.

Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠defined not in terms of what man is, but in terms of 'where' man is. It is not the 'identity' of man that interests sloterdijk, but man's 'place'. That place is always a shared space, a sphere.

Man (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠fundamentally a creature of habits, of practices, of exercises. Human beings are born, sustained, and transcend through repetition. They are therefore what their habits make of them. Before we are the performance of our freedom, we are the performer of practices and exercises that subjectivize us.