Words in the Organon – Part 1

Summary

“Whatʼs in a word?” If we paraphrase Shakespeare and apply it to the words used by Hahnemann in his Organon, understanding and translating each term can make a meaningful difference. Our homeopathic philosophy and practice is based on it. For seeing more, we need to examine the old German language of this work. This leads to deeper insights, which may widen the possibilities in the treatment of our patients. We may discover aspects, which have been long forgotten among most of us, and which deserve to come to light again. To start, we focus on “einzeln” in § 6, which leads to insights about a symptom totality. Then, we look at Krankheitsfall, case of disease, which leads to further insights into various aphorisms. § 7 then leads to further insights into the concept of a symptom totality.

Key words

Organon - Former meaning of words - Translations - § 6 - § 7 - Einzeln - Single disease - Symptom totality - Krankheitsfall - Case of disease

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