“Now, we shall be able to judge the extent of the spiritual undernourishment if we look at all these movements from another angle: not as errors but rather as attempts to find healing. I use this comparison: For a long time medical men combated fever as if it itself constituted the illness. Medicine today inclines rather to respect it, not only as a symptom of the disease but of the struggle of the organism against the disease. True, it is this struggle which makes it ill, and yet this very struggle is also the proof of its vitality and is the necessary way to healing.”
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The Whole Person in a Broken World
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Paul Tournier
Paul Tournier, born on May 12, 1898 and died on October 7, 1986, was a renowned Swiss physician and psychologist. He is known for his profound psychological insights and philosophical reflections on human existence. more
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