The best physician is also a philosopher.
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- Galen
- Source
- Title of a treatise; cited from Judith Perkins The Suffering Self (London: Routledge, 1995) p. 154.
- Culture / tradition
- Greek
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Where can you create a little more balance?
Drink a glass of water and take ten slow breaths.
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