Plato said that the greatest mistake of doctors was that they only healed the body and not the mind.
柏拉图说过,医生们所犯的最大错误是,他们只是想治疗身体,却没有想到要治疗思想。
Whereas, in fact, mind and body are a whole and should not be dealt with separately.
而事实上,精神和肉体是一个整体,不能把它们分开来处理。
It has taken 2,300 years for the medical profession to realise this truth.
医学界花了2300年的时间才认清了这个真理。
In medical practice the phenomenon of “suicide by thought” is attracting more and more attention.
人们越来越关注临床医学上称之为“意念杀人”的现象。
It was only in the last century that the new study of psychophysiology was developed to treat both body and mind.
直到上个世纪,世界上才开始发展一种新的医学,称之为“心理生理医学”,用来同时治疗精神和肉体。
中文大意:
柏拉图说过,医生们所犯的最大错误是,他们只是想治疗身体,却没有想到要治疗思想。而事实上,精神和肉体是一个整体,不能把它们分开来处理。
医学界花了2300年的时间才认清了这个真理。人们越来越关注临床医学上称之为“意念杀人”的现象。直到上个世纪,世界上才开始发展一种新的医学,称之为“心理生理医学”,用来同时治疗精神和肉体。
摘自: 吴言生著《CHINESE ZEN A PATH TO PEACE AND HAPPINESS》,
TONY BLISHEN 译,Better Link 出版社,纽约 )