Health and suggestion : the dialectics of the mind / by Ernst von Feudhtersleben ; translated and edited by Ludwig Lewisohn.

  • Feuchtersleben, Ernst, Freiherr von, 1806-1849.
Date:
1919, ©1910
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Credit: Health and suggestion : the dialectics of the mind / by Ernst von Feudhtersleben ; translated and edited by Ludwig Lewisohn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The passions should not be smothered and with them the hidden seeds and essences of life and health. They should rather be bal- anced, moderated, and ruled. Let the active passions and emotions be given free rein, but the depressing ones be vigorously curbed. Courage, joy and hope —this is the trinity of health. Culture is to be achieved by the tone and the direction we give our inclina- tions. ‘This is the method of God. And our purpose has been to achieve the culture of the body through the spirit. The proper tempering of our natures is to be brought about by a proper balance of contrasting con- ditions. Thus joy is to alternate with sor- row, tension with relaxation, thoughtfulness with that appropriate folly which Horace commends. These states and activities will relieve and complement each other like the colors of a skillful painting. And no spir- itual illness will assail him who is so pene- trated by a sense of this necessity of change that he will, if need be, call even painful mem- [161]