Vervaeke: "for medicine, we have a concept of health. we don't have that for well-being & meaning in life"
me: zealth.
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petition to just use "health" for this too 😤
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legit!
though it's worth distinguishing between:
- someone who has a terminal illness but clarity of purpose
- someone who is physically in shape but feels a ton of ennui etc
not totally separable but somewhat
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health as in sickness versus health as in thriving
Marianne has a bit about this...
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Health isn’t the absence of sickness; sickness is the absence of health. Peace isn’t the absence of war; war is the absence of peace. Unabashed love isn’t the absence of evil; evil is the absence of unabashed love.
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Oh, there it is in the etymonline pic yup
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