Re: I\'d like to share an interesting quote from an interesting book.
[ QUOTE ]
"Medical science believes that thoughts could never alone cure or cause disease."
[/ QUOTE ]
This was certainly true circa 1955.
Actually medical science is very interested in how and why thought help us heal. Cognitive psychology is an integral part of cancer treatment by now. If not directly in a shrink/patient relationship then in the design and running of entire hospital wards. (Cancer is pretty much the ultimate corporeal disease, hence the specific example.)
From the quotes you had it sounds like he found a few nuggets of truth, and then built some demented fantasy castle on them, totally losing touch with reality.
|