Tag: Norelle Lickiss
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Norelle Lickiss Hobart, Tasmania, Australia View of Earth, showing Africa, Europe, and Asia–taken by Apollo 11 crewmember. 17 July 1969. Image by NASA, Johnson Space Center. Who will be the chronicler of this? of how the tower fell, of how the tolling bell sounded the world’s crying. And how the darkness fell, …
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Spinoza and medical practice: can the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza enrich the thinking of doctors?
Norelle Lickiss Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Portrait of Baruch de Spinoza (1632–1677), ca. 1665. Unknown. c. 1665. Gemäldesammlung der Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Germany. As doctors we seek to assuage the distress of our patients by relieving symptoms, guarding personal dignity, and remaining present even as they are dying. Yet despite these lofty goals, there…