All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight". This is the foundation of human knowledge Aristotle presents us with in Book Alpha of the Metaphysics. The next question which we must naturally ask ourselves is‚ How? How is it that we can have any knowledge at all? We by our very nature desire to know and we love the senses in themselves but
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F. Lauren Williams April 4‚ 2013 Problems with Monocausal Explanations of Disease The discovery of germs has been a long process in history and still ongoing today. John Waller‚ author of The Discovery of the Germ: Twenty Years That Transformed the Way We Think about Disease‚ has stated as his thesis in this book‚ “…between 1880 and 1900…medicine underwent perhaps its greatest ever transformation. In just 20 years‚ the central role of germs in producing illness was for the first time decisively
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Philosophy and Literature 253 Midterm Exam October 7 2012 “Oh‚ Jupiter‚ a robot Descartes!” Asimov’s short story “Reasons” in I‚ Robot is the fictional account of a robots creation of his own path of reasoning. Much like Descartes‚ the Robot‚ Cutie‚ is curious about the truth of his existence and plans to find the answers out for himself. Cutie is a self-aware‚ reasoning robot on a station in space in the year 2015‚ and all he knows are the things in his immediate surrounding‚ which isn’t much
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Why were doctors still reading Galen in 1400? Galen was a Greek physician who revived the wok of Hippocrates and other Greek doctors. Galen died in the Roman era but his work was still read in the medieval times. Regression in medicine was caused by many factors including war and religion which meant that doctors had to use cures and theories that had already been discovered such as Galen’s theory of the 4 humours and opposites. Due to lack of progress in the past 1000 year’s doctors continued to
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Plato’s Guardian Class Guardians are put into place to defend morality and rule society because they know the truth and posses the knowledge and wisdom of true forms. In order for there to be a just state‚ there must be a balance between the different types of people‚ namely; reason dominated‚ spirit dominated and appetite dominated people. This balance is similar to that of the need for balance in a just individual between the tripartheid soul. Those dominant in reason become philosophers‚ those
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The medieval period is normally not associated with advances in technology‚ nor with contributions that benefit society. Yet‚ our medicine today owes much of its development to physicians of that time. Medicine of that era was strongly influenced by superstition and the doctrine of the Christian church‚ and did not have much foundation for practical application. The need for medicine in Middle Ages was certainly great‚ considering the extreme amounts of plague and disease prevalent during that
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Did Atlantis Exist? Known as one of the world’s greatest mysteries‚ Atlantis is a legend written by the Greek philosopher Plato. The legend was written thousands of years ago‚ but it is still talked about today (Smith Michael and Debora Smith). Scholars often argue that Atlantis existed‚ but those that do not agree remind those scholars that there is no evidence to support that Atlantis ever existed and that Plato “added fantasy and excitement to his writings” (“Atlantis”). The question is‚ how
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Real Victory: The Hardest Victory… “I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.” -Aristotle It is well known that man’s every desire comes forth‚ not from the mind‚ but from the core of his heart. It is this very heart that compels him to seek and fulfill those desires; be it moral or immoral in nature. From day one‚ man has sought to accomplish every single want that finds its way into his heart and he seldom offers
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Humoral‚ Anatomical and Germ Theories of Disease: The influence on today’s health and wellness. In humoral theory‚ individual diseases did not exist how we see them today. It was thought that if one of the four humors was out of balance‚ it would result in disease. The four humors are black bile‚ yellow bile‚ blood and phlegm. The basic theory was that the imbalance of one of these four humors was the root cause of all disease. Anatomical theory of disease is one that fights against the humoral
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Making sound and client-centered clinical decisions in an area that demands accountability and evidence-based practice requires not only scientific knowledge‚ but also a deep knowledge of the practice of one’s profession and of what it means to be human in the world of combined strength and vulnerability that is health care. Every clinician must understand the importance of applying best research evidence to client care‚ the essence of evidence–based practice‚ to improve the overall quality
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