mind and body

This book is an overview of the anatomy, physiology, growth and development, and treatment of disease of the human body.

A bracing collection of masterfully written reviews that together form and accessible picture of philosophy as it is practiced today, Minds & Bodies makes permanent the critical reflections of a gifted philosopher and writer and is destined to find an appreciative audience both within the pilosophical community and in the wider culture of intellectually curiuos readers.

"Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? How can we feel happy and free? The answers to these and other life questions are gathered in Tiny Buddha, Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions. Tiny Buddha began as a quote-a-day Twitter account, @tinybuddha, in 2008. Lori Deschene's daily wisdom posts about mindfulness, non-attachment, and happiness became so popular that she now has more than 200,000 twitter followers who share quotes and stories about inspiration in their daily lives.Deschene asked her Twitter followers to contribute their thoughts and perspectives on the difficult questions that influence how we live our everyday lives: thoughts about the meaning of life, pain, happiness, fate, and more.Tiny Buddha, Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions is a combination of the amazing responses that she received along with her own insightful essays, and insights from wise teachers around the world and throughout time. Deschene explores how these issues have played out in her own life and offers action-oriented suggestions to help people empower themselves, even in a world with so much uncertainty. The result is a guide that helps readers discover the endless possibilities for a life lived mindfully in the present, and connected to others"--.

Explores the important link between the brain and the human immune system, discusses their complex partnership in promoting health, and explains how a breakdown in communications causes illness.

Describes changing attitudes toward the body and mind from ancient Greece to the end of the twentieth century. Indicates how the development of medicine influenced basic doctrines such as Christian notions of the soul and platonic conceptions of reason and mind.