Why Is Pliny Wrong

Prior to 18th century Europe there were a few effective medical developments but most treatments lacked medical value. An idea developed by the ancient Greeks and Romans insisted that bloodletting was a fantastic remedy to difficult diseases but it did more harm than good (Doc 4). Another flaw in medicine is the level of hygiene in the institutions that provided care. The sick were crammed into dirty hospitals, dead lay beside those clinging to life, and the air was

Plutarch (45-120 AD), a Greek biographer and moral philosopher, is the author of Life of Antony: an ancient source chronicling the life and dealings of Mark Antony (83-30 BC). Part of a larger collection of biographies focused on prominent Roman and Greek figures, the Life of Antony was intended as a character study (Fear, 2008). Plutarch was exceedingly intrigued by the ways in which the personalities, integrities and shortcomings of legendary men influenced the path of history. Life of Antony is infamous for its amalgamation of history and myth (Kimball, 2000). In the modern sense, Plutarch would not be considered a true historian. However, the source gives notable insight into significant figures in Antony’s life in particular Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (69-30 BC). It is considered the principal ancient source of Cleopatra’s life (Fear, 2008), detailing the effect Plutarch believed Cleopatra to have on Antony.

Delphi was one of the most important sites in all of ancient Greece. The city of Delphi housed one of the greatest enigmas of the ancient world: the Pythia. Situated along the side of Mount Parnassus, at The Temple of Apollo the Pythia, Apollo’s highest priestess was said to be the greatest oracle in all the land. Dating back to the 14th Century B.C.E. the oracle spat out prophecies to open ears. Apollo, as the god of all oracles, as well as many other things, was the patron saint of Delphi.

The inclination for freedom is a natural and legitimate desire. Women did not have the right to vote, express their opinions or address the senate directly. There reached a time when women had to use the power of public protest to achieve what they had wished. A good example of the resolve of the Roman women was their demonstration against the Oppian Law. Rome passed the Oppian Law after the disastrous defeat by Hannibal, the leader of Carthage.

Plutarch was a well-known historian, biographer, and essayist. Also, Plutarch was a Greek scholar, and today is considered to be a Middle Protanist. Clyde Curry Smith, a professor at the University of Wisconsin, tells readers “Plutarch was born sometime around 46 A.D. in Chaeronea, Boeotia”(Smith). Plutarch was born “around the Roman imperial administration of Claudius I”(Smith). It is also believed that Plutarch died around the age of 74, “sometime after 120 c.e.”(Smith). Along with being a historian and essayist, Plutarch was also a priest, ambassador, mayor, and magistrate. Plutarch was born to a wealthy prominent family; he later married and is known to have at least two sons. During his time, Plutarch can be reflected as a celebrity

In Gorgias 461b-481b, Polus tries to defend the nature of oratory, as he believes that oratory is a craft that it gives great power; Polus also makes claim that it is worse to suffer injustice than to do what is unjust. Socrates seems to have refuted Polus completely by criticising that oratory is not a craft but flattery, and that orators are the least powerful people in the state. Socrates also shows that it is worse to do what is unjust than to suffer it, and he seems to have persuaded Polus on this claim. However, I am intending to show that Socrates did not refute Polus.

There are three main ways people handle the truth, as illustrated by the main characters in Oedipus the King, The Death of Ivan Ilych, and Candide, or Optimism. While varying in effectiveness and methodology, they all start in the same way: with the characters ignoring or refusing to accept the facts that are in front of them. It is their reaction and the way they handle their changed world view that separates these three characters. They may be imperfect, but that is precisely the point. The struggle of trying to manage what is true and what is false is not easily handled, lending the issue to be discussed in numerous ways, such as in these three works.

The logic and principles of medieval medicine shaped those of Modern medicine. Never was there a more efficient method perfected, so much that it remained through history through so many hundreds of years. Today’s concepts of diagnosis, relationships with the church, anatomy, surgery, hospitals and training, and public health were established in the Middle Ages.

This essay will examine the events of the Ides of March, recreated within Shakespeare’s modern play Julius Caesar. The Ides of March in this essay refers to the day of Caesar’s death – 15th March 44 BCE. Shakespeare depicts this event in depth, and over the course of multiple scenes within Julius Caesar. This essay will primarily focus on Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans: The Life of Julius Caesar as an ancient source, as it was the primary text which Shakespeare drew from, as well as being prominent in the Elizabethan public consciousness at the time of performance - Plutarch’s Lives had only been recently translated in 1579 by Sir Thomas North. (Honigmann 1959, p.25)

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, the Danish prince finds himself in the midst of a moral crossroad. His mind and soul have been subject to torment, and he now debated ending his life. His beloved father is dead, and his mother, who seemingly deeply loved the King, quicky remarried. Not only did she remarry, but her new husband is her former brother-in-law! Hamlet is understandably upset by this news, and with the added weight of his father’s death resting on his shoulders, Hamlet must find a way to cope with both perceived tragedies. Hamlet knows that this marriage is wrong, and it greatly affects him, but he can’t bring himself to act upon his feeling. This is the dilemma of Hamlet in the first soliloquy, he is simply unable to bring himself to take action against the new King and Queen no matter how

Medication-noncompliance problems are common among elderly patients who are discharged from the hospital and are using several drugs for their chronic diseases (Ahmad et al., 2010). Medication management is a challenge for adults of all ages, but for the elderly, physical limitations, such as vision problems, memory loss, arthropathy) can make it particularly challenging to take medicine according to a set schedule(Simonson, 1984). In Australia, the population is ageing rapidly. Since 1970, the Australian population has aged significantly increase in the proportion of adults aged 85 years and older(Hillen et al., 2015). The prevalence of multiple chronic conditions in the older population is reported to be between 65% to 80%.(Hillen

The literary element of suspense is essential in any piece of decent literature as it creates momentum between each rising action within the plot. By means of suspense, the author invokes anticipation and a lack of certainty, drawing the reader further into the plot. Short stories, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce, “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “Rappaccini’s Daughter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne display various methods of the integration of suspense in literature and its influence on the story. False relief, foreshadowing, and hidden truths being amongst the many. Likewise, the tone and mood of the story are vital to the establishment of suspense. They combine to influence the reader’s emotions whilst

As The Greek empire declined, Rome inherited its medical traditions and knowledge. During the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D health standards dropped considerably and outbreaks occurred of life threatening diseases. Galen of Pergamon, a follower of Hippocrates, gathered much of the medical knowledge of the time and added to it his studies of anatomy and physiology (mostly of animals). In Spite of his errors in describing certain anatomical and physiology phenomena, his writing created the foundation for medicine over 1500 years later in Europe. Though Galen created a historical event, he indeed followed and admired one of the

Bear with me. Walt Whitman, the lecturer, presents a persuasive argument for the de-evolution of society, the abandonment of conventional rules and ultimately, the re-establishment of our naturally divine souls. As evinced through vivid natural imagery, Whitman imagines a golden era before “civilized” strictures constrained the human soul and squeezed out an impure being. This ideal person, as Whitman the lecturer imagines himself to be, is liberated from feeling shame for indulging in vice, demonstrated through creative sexual allusions in language. Metaphorically, through broaching taboo topics, indulging in instinctual desires of sex, and glorifying the natural world while simultaneously condemning ostensibly civilized peoples, Walt provides an argument for why our uncorrupted “savagery” is preferable to civility. Finally, Walt promises happiness to those who leap with him, but Walt asks us to make that choice independently.

The debate over the use of euthanasia is ever growing. This is due to the fact of constant increases in medical advances. Medical advances are growing the number of medicines one can be given before palliative care is an option. The main concern of the debate is whether trying new treatments and medicines are necessary before palliative care is given. Two articles will be analyzed using the Aristotelian method. Both articles are valid, but the New York Times article written by Haider Javed Warraich offers a complete perspective using all three persuasive appeals compared to the article written by Terry Pratchett for The Guardian, which the majority is written on emotion.