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The only real revolution is the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character. The only real emancipation is individual. The only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints. Will Durant
Peer Review
In chiropractic you will never be effective if you care what the masses think or care whether they care what you think. Recently, in conversation, a chiropractor tried to impress me with his “philosophy of chiropractic” indicating that it was evaluated and accepted by hundreds of researchers, scientists, academicians and philosophers. My response was “so … Read more
Innate intelligence- 7 Points.
1.The concept of innate intelligence comes from and is deduced from the Major Premise of chiropractic. If there is a universal intelligence in all matter, then there is an intelligence, inborn within living matter. We make this distinction simply because we observe that living matter behaves or acts differently than does non-living matter. To designate … Read more
A little bit of historical trivia
Chiropractic in Pennsylvania: The Pittsburgh College of Chiropractic began in 1912 under a Delaware charter. In 1917 it merged with Universal College of Chiropractic located in Davenport Iowa. This was the school started by those who rebelled against BJ Palmer (presumably over the introduction of the NCM )including Joy M Loban, DC, the Dean of … Read more
Humility
We are not born with humility, because the innate intelligence of the body is selfish. The baby lets everyone know when he is hungry, when he needs his diaper changed. That is normal and natural. Unfortunately, we often educatedly learn what is innately understood and should be confined to innate function and then transfer it … Read more
Today's Lesson in Ancient Greek
In the language of the first century Greek, developed by a Macedonian hillbilly called Alexander the Great(who had a teacher named Aristotle), the intellectual understanding of a subject was called gnosis. It is just that, intellectual understanding, what we might call “head knowledge” and it was stored in the nous (what science calls the left … Read more
Stupid Statements
“Certainly no ‘materialistic’ scientist would argue that life isn’t mysterious. However claiming that the mystery of life belongs in the world of the philosopher more than the scientist is ludicrous. Scientific study of life and life processes has given us more than he philosopher ever has.” Joseph H. Donahue, D. C. That’s like saying, the … Read more
A Hebrew Lesson
In the English language the word “create” has a number of different meanings. In the Hebrew language there are different words to describe those different meanings. To create out of nothing is the word used in Genesis 1:1. To create out of something already in existence is the word used in describing the creation of … Read more
Q&A #55 Objectives and Methods.
As objectives become more focused they will become similar in their methods. After all, aren’t we trying to find the best way to accomplish our objective? That is why much of the chiropractic profession wants to appropriate medicine (using chiropractic to address disease). Their objectives are the same. The only problem is that some are … Read more
Intrepreting Palmer Philosophy
At times I probably have misunderstood aspects of Palmer’s philosophy and as a result perhaps misinterpreted some of the traditional chiropractic approach. On other occasions I am convinced that some of his philosophical conclusions or applications of the philosophy do not reconcile with the philosophical standard, the 33 principles which B.J. was primarily responsible for … Read more