Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
RT @nick_routledge: @islam_texts So, Doctors of Old. "My teaching is like the beating of a poison-smeared drum,” noted the 13th Century Chinese Zen master, Shiqi Zinyue. “That all who hear it, near and far, shall surely perish. But what about the deaf?” And Shiva, of course, "the master of poison and medicine."
Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 28 Sept 2020
@sentantiq Paracelsus also understood the role of the ‘pharmakon’, the composite of remedy, poison, and scapegoat. "Sola dosis facit venenum," he said. What distinguishes remedy from poison is dose. And so, in our doctoring, we proceed with caution. m.facebook.com/100002219988748/posts/2313818732035437/
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