The Moral principles of Jaina Philosophy indicate that this philosophy represents the practical application an ideal life. systematic moral discipline laid down by lights up one person from common level and makes him enabled knowing practicing truth through a highly spiritual course conduct. Jainism is said to be based on three basic known as ‘Ratnatraye’ or Gems ( right belief, knowledge condu...

For many, Cartesian dualism has lost the battle owing to the blows struck by the neurosciences and, in particular, functional cerebral imaging. In an article (Dualism Persists in the Science of the Mind)coauthored by Steven Laureys from the Coma Science Group at ULg, he reports on the conclusions of a vast survey he initiated: despite all, dualist conceptions still remain popular. Journey to th...

OBJECTIVE Common mental disorders (CMDs) are a major cause of the global burden of disease. Bhutan was the first country in the world to focus on happiness as a state policy; however, little is known about the prevalence and risk factors of CMDs in this setting. We aim to identify socioeconomic, religious, spiritual and health factors associated with symptoms of CMDs. DESIGN AND SETTING We us...

Radical green theory proclaims that the origins of environmental catastrophe lie in anthropocentrism modern capitalism. This necessitates formation healthier societies wherein humans perceive their selves ‘in relation’ to nature. The deep ecology (Naess, 1972) calls for reinforcing our sense empathy with all life forms and brings about philosophy “Gaia” (James Lovelock, 1979). idea Earth as a l...

chosen to illustrate various themes in the emergence and evolution of chiropractic theory and therapy within the American medical environment. These reflections on the survival of a medical alternative are directed first to the nineteenth-century environment of manual (bonesetting) and harmonial (magnetism, spiritualism) healing traditions so as to expose the roots of the peculiar blend of "poe...

The question at the heart of Ireland and Postcolonial Theory was Ireland a colony? is a simple one. How it is answered, however, has enormous repercussions for understanding just about every aspect of Irish history and society: culture, economics, politics, demographics and a whole array of everyday rituals, ranging from patterns of speech through the inhabiting of physical space to daily praye...

Many studies have explored the relationship between paranormal belief and religiosity. Some studies have shown that paranormal belief correlates with religiosity, yet many studies have not supported this association. The first goal of the present investigation therefore was to replicate previous findings. It is also of interest to explore the relationship between paranormal belief and religiosi...

example. Moreover, the astringent empiricism of the Parisian clinical school and the "analytic" approach of Pinel could also, with some plausibility, be advanced as contenders for the title of "medicine of the Revolution". What gives Braunstein's claim greater weight is the recognition of the essentially polemical nature of Brousssais' system, which developed out of a series ofencounters with o...