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Foundations of Indian Psychology, Volume 2
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Foundations of Indian Psychology, Volume 2

by Girishwar Misra, R. Matthijs Cornelissen, Suneet Verma
February 2011
Intermediate to advanced
344 pages
12h 9m
English
Pearson India
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The Philosophy of Healing in Indian Medicine

Kapil Kapoor

Indian medicine is a good example of how knowledge forms an integrated whole in the intellectual traditions. While major philosophical systems provide the theoretical framework for an analysis of disease, its causes and cure, the world-view enshrined in those systems provides the governing philosophy of health and healing. It is also interesting to note that Āyurveda shares some of those theoretical categories with other disciplines such as Aesthetics.1 In fact, Āyurveda and Art share the common goal of restoring human beings to good health, both moral and physical.2

Āyurveda is a science that enables a man to achieve a full life-span. Good health has to be sustained in order to lead ...

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