Quotation added by staff
Like a celestial chaperon, the placebo leads us through the uncharted passageways of mind and gives us a greater sense of infinity than if we were to spend all our days with our eyes hypnotically glued to the giant telescope at Mt. Palomar. What we see ultimately is that the placebo isn't really necessary and that the mind can carry out its difficult and wondrous missions unprompted by little pills. The placebo is only a tangible object made essential in an age that feels uncomfortable with intangibles, an age that prefers to think that every inner effect must have an outer cause. Since it has size and shape and can be hand-held, the placebo satisfies the contemporary craving for visible mechanisms and visible answers . The placebo, then, is an emissary between the will to live and the body.Cousins, Norman
This quote is about medicine · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.
These people bookmarked this quote:
-
DJGnomeI'm male, single
More on the author
- Find photos of this author
- Consult wikipedia for the author
This quote around the web
Loading...
Search Quotations Book
