漫谈健康与疾病

Dialogues on Health and Disease

现代人越来越倾向从量化的、不可感的方面来界定疾病与健康,这带来了许多好处,也产生了一系列问题。基于亚里士多德式灵魂概念的“大健康”观念从可感的整体生活经验出发,为心、身健康的理解提供了另一个角度。健康不等于免除一切疾病,也不存在适用于所有人的唯一标准。复杂的个体感受也应纳入到对疾病疗效的考量中。本质上,“健康”是一个出于对人类个体关切的人道主义概念。身体不只是生理健康的基础,也是精神健康的基础。让我们的观念系统更健康一些,是哲学的一项任务。

Modern people are increasingly inclined to define disease and health from quantitative and imperceptible aspects, which has brought many benefits, but also created a series of problems. The concept of“Big Health”based on the Aristotelian concept of human psyche provides another perspective for understanding our mental and physical health from perceptible life experience as a whole. Health does not mean exemption from all diseases, and there is no single standard of health that applies to anyone. The complex and subtle personal feelings should also be included in the consideration of the curative effects. Essentially,“health”is a humanitarian concept out of concern for individual human beings. Our human body is not only the foundation of physical health, but also of mental health. It is a task of philosophy to catalyze a healthier ideaistic ecosystem for us.