Quotes: Hippocrates

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”
― Hippocrates


“There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”
― Hippocrates


“Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity. ”
― Hippocrates


“Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.”
― Hippocrates


“Walking is man's best medicine. ”
― Hippocrates



“Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.”
― Hippocrates


“Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why, there would be no end to divine things.”
― Hippocrates


“The soul is the same in all living creatures although the body of each is different. ”
― Hippocrates


“Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)”
― Hippocrates



“It is far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.”
― Hippocrates

“Ars longa,
vita brevis,
occasio praeceps,
experimentum periculosum,
iudicium difficile.

Life is short,
[the] art long,
opportunity fleeting,
experiment dangerous,
judgment difficult.” 
― Hippocrates


“The art is long, life is short, opportunity fleeting, experiment dangerous, judgment difficult.”
― Hippocrates

“The life so short, the craft so long to learn. ”
― Hippocrates


“That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.”
― Hippocrates


“A wise man should consider that health is the greatest 
of human blessings, and learn how by his own 
thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.”
― Hippocrates


“The natural healing force within each of us is the greatest force in getting well.”
― Hippocrates


“Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.”
― Hippocrates


“There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.”
― Hippocrates


“Ars longa, vita brevis” 
― Hippocrates


“Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it... We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.”
― Hippocrates


“Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.”
― Hippocrates



“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.”
― Hippocrates



“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a mater of opportunity.”
― Hippocrates



“Let food be your Medicine.”
― Hippocrates


“The art is long, life is short, opportunity fleeting, experiment dangerous, judgment difficult.”
― Hippocrates
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“Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.”
― Hippocrates, The Works of Hippocrates


“There are in fact, two things: science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”
― Hippocrates


“Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.”
― Hippocrates


“It’s more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.”
― Hippocrates

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Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos (ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC) was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles, and was considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.

He is referred to as the "father of medicine" in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the Hippocratic School of medicine. This intellectual school revolutionized medicine in ancient Greece, establishing it as a discipline distinct from other fields that it had traditionally been associated with (notably theurgy and philosophy), thus making medicine a profession.

However, the achievements of the writers of the Corpus, the practitioners of Hippocratic medicine, and the actions of Hippocrates himself are often commingled; thus very little is known about what Hippocrates actually thought, wrote, and did.

Nevertheless, Hippocrates is commonly portrayed as the paragon of the ancient physician. In particular, he is credited with greatly advancing the systematic study of clinical medicine, summing up the medical knowledge of previous schools, and prescribing practices for physicians through the Hippocratic Oath and other works.

 

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