Posted in on dependence, on health, on illness, on religion, philosophy (short), tagged amelo14, andresmelo, Aristotle, dependence, health, illness, independence, Kant, philosophy, politics, rarefaction, reflectio on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On the ill and a reconsideration of dependence.
The chronic or seriously ill can frequently become dependent. The nature of such dependence must be reflected upon in order to understand certain complex issues underpinning the relation between the ill and their care-takers. It is of fundamental importance for the ill themselves as they are the ones [...]
Posted in ergon, logos, on Socrates, on Xenophon, philosophy, writing, tagged agora, amelo14, andresmelo, ergon, logos, on Socrates, philosophy, rarefaction, reflection, writing on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Almost everyone knows Socrates did not write anything. But knowing this fact makes it even more difficult to be surprised by it, and much less to seek, however partially, to understand its implications for us. For what does not surprise, rarely forces us to open ourselves to its unexpected appearance. This is primarily so [...]
Posted in on illness, on laughter, philosophy (short), tagged amelo14, andresmelo, illness, laughter, on Socrates, philosophy, reflection, Taylor rarefaction, well-being on October 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On illness, well-being and laughter.
It is a common theme in our modern culture to try to connect health and laughter. One such post here at WordPress reads as follows:
“Laugh your way to better blood vessel function.
Laughter appears to cause the tissue that forms the inner lining of blood vessels called the endothelium, to dilate [...]
Posted in on illness, philosophy (short), tagged amelo14, andresmelo, illness, philosophy, rarefaction, reflection on October 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Choosing a doctor and knowing yourself.
In selecting a doctor, or better yet, in selecting doctors, it is inevitable that one will end up looking at oneself and at who one is. In my case, I have selected doctors both from traditional and alternative traditions; more importantly I came to be with doctors who suffered [...]
Posted in on illness, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, illness, meaning, narrative, pain, philosophy, purpose, rarefaction, reflection, sense on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In search of a meaning for physical pain.
Permanent and serious illness is almost inseparable from constant physical pain, be it through the illness itself, or through the therapy which one follows to regain one’s health. But physical pain is not the only type of pain with which the ill person must deal. Emotional and spiritual [...]
Posted in books, on Aristophanes, on Aristotle, on Like Water for Chocolate, on Nicomachean Ethics, on Symposium, on illness, philosophy (short), tagged amelo14, andresmelo, Aristotle, caretakers, illness, needs, philosophy, rarefaction, reflection on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On the unconscious needs underlying the relation between the ill and their caretakers.
One of the difficulties which lies at the basis of much possible conflict between the ill and caretakers is this. Most of us seem to unconsciously desire in our lives someone who will be there for us in the worst of times, those [...]
Posted in The Yellow Wallpaper, books, literature, on Charlotte Perkins, on ethics, on feminism, on illness, tagged amelo14, andresmelo, illness, literature, needs, Perkins, rarefaction, reflection, The Yellow Wallpaper on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Appendix to ‘On illness 13′: “The Yellow Wallpaper”: a short story for all caretakers.
THIS SHORT STORY SHOULD BE A MUST READ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING, AT LEAST IN PART, THE DEEP UNCONSCIOUS NEEDS WHICH LIE AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR RELATIONS TO THE ILL. IN THIS RESPECT, THIS POST IS A [...]
Posted in books, on Aristotle, on Nicomachean Ethics, on caretakers, on courage, on ethics, on illness, philosophy (short), tagged amelo14, andresmelo, illness, needs, philosophy, rarefaction, recognition, reflection on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Why caretakers must reflect on the complex desires behind their care-taking.
One of the main reasons as to why reflective self-transformations among caretakers is so difficult lies in the deep need caretakers have of perceiving themselves as doing good to others. Each caretaker must seriously reflect on the nature of such a troubling human need. If [...]
