by Matthew Rehrl MD | Definition of Health, Reading
One book I am currently reading is Nietzsche’s Untimely Meditations. I consider this a deep read—one I do with pencil in hand, with extensive highlights and notes in the margin. I have read a fair amount of Nietzsche in piecemeal fashion over the past 30 years, but...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Definition of Health
Here’s my take on the controversy and debate surrounding the relationship between obesity and health. If opponents first agree upon and definition of obesity and a definition of health, then any debate or controversy about the obesity/health relationship (or lack...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Definition of Health, Philosophy
When Nietzsche writes of health, he writes of “overflowing health,” “well-being,” the “abundance of existence,” “joy,” and “strength.” His is the health—psychological, physical, and spiritual—of the pre-Socratic Greeks, the Greeks of Homer, “the most accomplished,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Definition of Health
This week, my wife went to a bookstore, and, knowing my fascination with Ancient Greece she bought the book The Ancient Greeks by M.I. Finley (pictured above). This book reminded me of one of the terms the Ancient Greeks used for health—euexia—one which roughly...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Definition of Health
Most healthcare institutions (or “health care” institutions, a term now in vogue) don’t define what they mean by “health.” I am not sure which is worse. They know but won’t say. Or they don’t know.
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Definition of Health
Although my most interesting blog post in April was When Mathematics And Physics Meet (after all, everyone likes a post about the highest levels of scientific thought), my most important post was Definitions and Essentialism: Plato. Its importance isn’t based on it...
