Pain is any unpleasant feeling perceived by the brain and sensorysystem. Pain is often the body's warning signal and response to injury, illness, or psychosomatic cause. Pain can be a burden and overshadow every aspect of a person's conscious and unconscious life if not properly managed. Pain...
The MeditationsBy Marcus Aurelius Written 167 A.C.E.Translated by George Long Book One From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my mother, piety and beneficence, and...
TimaeusBy Plato Written 360 B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett Persons of the Dialogue-SOCRATES- CRITIAS- TIMAEUS- HERMOCRATES Socrates. One, two, three; but where, my dear Timaeus, is the fourth of those who were yesterday my guests and are to be my entertainers to-day? Timaeus. He...
When we think of animals that will destroy us, rend us limb from limb, and leave us in a bloody mess, we usually thing of the huge and horrifying. Which means we forget about the real threats: the tiny, the cute, the gorgeous. The animals at which we ooh and aaah over, but are deadly, poisonous...
Many minor skin related health problems you run into can be treated right at home. Though some skin problems can lead to more serious issues, as long as you begin treatment at the first signs of trouble you should be able to avoid the trip to the doctors. And with the rising health care costs...
A chiropractor is a doctor that specializes in treating problems with the muscles, bones, joints, and nerves, placing a particular emphasis on the spine. There is a common misconception that chiropractors only work on back pain problems, but the truth is that they can work on any part of the body....
A chronic pain clinic is a medical institution that caters to those who suffer recurring or prolonged bouts of pain. This kind of medical facility is equipped to diagnose such conditions as well as provide treatment. A chronic pain clinic normally houses various kinds of doctors with the aim of...
Principal DoctrinesBy Epicurus Translated by Robert Drew Hicks 1. A happy and eternal being has no trouble himself and brings no trouble upon any other being; hence he is exempt from movements of anger and partiality, for every such movement implies weakness 2. Death is nothing to us; for the...
Letter to MenoeceusBy Epicurus Translated by Robert Drew Hicks Greetings. Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul. And to say that the season for studying philosophy...
Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
