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"Religion and Health", by James Joseph Walsh. James Joseph Walsh was an American physician and author (1865-1942).
Of all the epochs of effort after a new life, that of the age of Aquinas, Roger Bacon, St. Francis, St. Louis, Giotto, and Dante is the most purely spiritual, the most really constructive, and indeed the most truly philosophic. … The whole thirteenth century is crowded with creative forces in philosophy, art, poetry, and statesmanship as rich as those of the humanist Renaissance. And if we are accustomed to look on them as so much more limited and rude it is because we forget how very few and poor were their resources and their instruments. In creative genius Giotto is the peer, if not the superior of Raphael. Dante had all the qualities of his three chief successors and very much more bes...
James Joseph Walsh, M.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Sc.D. (1865-1942) was an American physician and author.
In a word, the War has proved a revival of appreciation of the place of the human will in life. Marshal Foch, the greatest character of the War, did not hesitate even to declare that “A battle is the struggle of two wills. It is never lost until defeat is accepted. They only are vanquished who confess themselves to be.” Our generation has been intent on the development of the intellect. We have been neglecting the will. “Shell shock” experiences have shown us that the intellect is largely the source of unfavorable suggestion. The will is the controlling factor in the disease. Many another demonstration of the power of will has been furnished by the War. This volume is meant to help in the restoration of the will to its place as the supreme faculty in life, above all the one on whose exercise, more than any other single factor, depends health and recovery from disease. The time seems opportune for its appearance and it is commended to the attention of those who have recognized how much the modern cult of intellect left man unprepared for the ruder trails of life yet could not see clearly what the remedy might be.
"The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries", by James Joseph Walsh. James Joseph Walsh was an American physician and author (1865-1942).
"Health Through Will Power", by James Joseph Walsh. James Joseph Walsh was an American physician and author (1865-1942).
"Catholic Churchmen in Science", by James Joseph Walsh. James Joseph Walsh was an American physician and author (1865-1942).
"Essays In Pastoral Medicine", by James Joseph Walsh. James Joseph Walsh was an American physician and author (1865-1942).