Hippocrates

The city of Athens was the cultural hub of the Greek Empire. During the fourth, fifth and sixth century b.c., philosophy, mathematics and sciences, religion and arts were all at the heart of the revolution. Prominent philosophers had questioned the truth, divinity, human nature, harmony and the goods and evils of the world, causing other to wonder what the world really was. The mathematicians and scientists provided answers to the theories and great questions asked. Their Gods and Goddesses was…

The timespan between 1960’s and the 70’s was a period in the United States when immorality and relativism poisoned American culture on a large scale and allowed the attitude towards sexuality to be corrupted. The authority of the Catholic Church had been neglected as ideas of radical liberalism spread throughout the western world. This led to many practices, at one time recognized as atrocities, becoming commonplace and accepted in society; the most notable of which was abortion. Jane Roe was…

In Dante’s Inferno, Dante Alighieri writes himself as a traveler who is traversing through the realm of the underworld with the Roman poet Vergil as his guide. In documenting his journey, Dante continually references and encounters both fictional characters and historic figures from the Greek, Roman and Catholic canon. In doing so, he brings the characters and figures back to life, allowing him to rewrite them in his own context and perspective. By reviving these characters and melding the…

The Myths Before the completely new way of thinking known as philosophy had emerged, myths answered the questions of the world. A myth is a story involving gods that explains certain situations, origins, or events in nature. In Nordic culture there was no lack of myths. Thor, a prominent god and character of many myths, had a hammer which caused thunderstorms. Thor’s hammer was also a vital weapon in the ongoing battle between the gods and the giants. This battle was a, “mythological…

Hippocrates was one of the first to practice naturopathy and described the concept as “the healing power of nature”. In 1892 Dr. Benedict Lust was the first to use the term ‘naturopathy’ and he furthered the practice by opening The American School of Naturopathy…

The Greeks tolerated suicide, but in the fourth century, the norm was challenged by a school associated with Hippocrates that forbade physicians to assist in suicide. The philosophers Aristotle and Plato also argued against assisted suicide. A key Christian philosopher, Saint Augustine, asserted that the divine commandment against killing (thou shall not kill) includes…

In the past accusations of witchcraft ran rampant causing panic wherever it went. 75%-90% of those tried and executed during this occurrence were female as opposed to the 10%-25%, which were males. It was apparent that women were linked to negative beliefs about dangerous magic and association with the devil, or judged based on systems of power in communities and courts worked against women rather than men. The concept of Gender plays an important role in shaping ideas about witches. In the…

Introduction Athena was a tall, strong, graceful, gray-eyed, goddess who liked owls. From the beginning, she was already an amazing goddess. In fact, even her birth was most unusual. Zeus, the father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena’s father. Her mother was a mortal woman named Metis. Older gods had warned Zeus that he would be in trouble if Metis gave birth to a daughter. So he swallowed Metis whole.Athena was Zeus’s favorite child. Athena's siblings included Persephone, the Dioscuri…

In light of this, many physicians defended their position much like the writer of The Science of Medicine who stated in his public speech, “Our practice is limited by the instruments made available by Nature or by Art. When a man is attacked by a disease more powerful than the instruments of medicine, it must not be expected that medicine should prove victorious.” The writer soundly defends medicine’s role as a techne by pointing out the fact that medicine has its limitations and if a disease is…

“English Sweat,” “Grippe,” “Influenza,” and “Swine Flu” are some of the common names that stand for the flu. It had been recorded way back into Ancient Greek History by a father of medicine, Hippocrates, who wrote down in his journal, the flu-like symptoms, which appeared in patients. Back then and today scientists cannot completely get rid of the flu. This type of virus can survive under extremely cold temperature. Kelly (2011) said, “Scientists have discovered viruses frozen in the ice of…