Health is traditionally held to be the absence of disease. But that is a negative definition. A plant that has a stunted growth may not be suffering from a disease, but that doesn’t mean it is healthy. Under the traditional definition, a person who is unhappy, anxious, bored, who feels that life has no meaning, who feels extremely lonely, who is unsure of his powers of judgment and understanding, just to mention a few of the symptoms, can nevertheless be perfectly healthy. But such a man is by no means fulfilled.
Philosophy and Contemporary Man
Philosophy and Contemporary Man
Philosophy and Contemporary Man
Health is traditionally held to be the absence of disease. But that is a negative definition. A plant that has a stunted growth may not be suffering from a disease, but that doesn’t mean it is healthy. Under the traditional definition, a person who is unhappy, anxious, bored, who feels that life has no meaning, who feels extremely lonely, who is unsure of his powers of judgment and understanding, just to mention a few of the symptoms, can nevertheless be perfectly healthy. But such a man is by no means fulfilled.