Miskawayh’s Apologia for Greek Philosophy

Ancient greek philosophy and modern psychiatry.

Soul, mind, brain: Greek philosophy and the birth of neuroscience.

The nature of "soul" and the source of "psychic life", the anatomical seat of cognitive, motor and sensory functions, and the origin of neural diseases were broadly debated by ancient Greek scientists since the earliest times. Within the space of few centuries, speculation of philosophers and medical thinkers laid the foundations of modern experimental and clinical neuroscience. This review pro...

Recovery from "brain death": a neurologist's apologia.

Traces of Greek Mythology in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot

This study addresses Samuel Beckett’s most celebrated play, Waiting for Godot, in an effort to analyze its characters from a novel perspective. Since Greek mythology has been undisputedly influential on Western culture and literature, the researcher attempts to investigate a connection between Greek mythology and the play. This study aims to reveal that even after more than fifty seven years of...

Apologia Pro Vita Mea : An Intellectual Odyssey . Part One

Richard D. Chessick: Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University. Emeritus Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst, Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Chicago. Psychoanalytic Fellow, American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry. Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association. Emeritus Senior Attending Psychiatrist, Evanston Hospit...