Medische wetenschap in Oost en West
‘In de vroegste tijd wist men niet dat men het had
De generatie daarop koesterde men het, en prees men het
De generatie daarop vreesde het
De generatie daarop beledigde het’
Dao De Jing, hoofdstuk 17
‘When the number of factors coming into play in a phenomenological complex is too large scientific method in most cases fails us. one need only think of the weather, in which case prediction even for a few days ahead is impossible. Nevertheless no one doubts that we are confronted with a causal connection whose causal components are in the main known to us. Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature…’
Albert Einstein, ‘Conference on science, philosophy and religion in their relation to the democratic way of life’ – 1941
Bronnen:
Beinfield, Harriet en Efrem Korngold, Between Heaven and Earth, 1991
Van Norden, Bryan, Mencius: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries, 2008 (Meng Zi)
Lee, Keekok, The Philosophical Foundations of Classical Chinese Medicine: Philosophy, Methodology, Science, 2017
Lee, Keekok en Jenny Lee, The Philosophical Foundations of Modern Medicine, 2012
Neal, Edward, Introduction to Neijing Classical Acupuncture. Part I: History and Basic Principles / Part II: Clinical Theory / Part III: Clinical Therapeutics.