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Hippocrates

Read through the most famous quotes from Hippocrates




Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food


— Hippocrates


#health #medicine #food

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.


— Hippocrates


#knowledge #opinion #science #science

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.


— Hippocrates


#art #humanity #love #loved #medicine

Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.


— Hippocrates


#medicine #medicine

Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why, there would be no end to divine things.


— Hippocrates


#religion #science #skepticism #men

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.


— Hippocrates


#learn #life #long #short

Everything in excess Is opposed by nature.


— Hippocrates


#nature #simplicity #nature

Ars longa, vita brevis


— Hippocrates


#inspirational

Let food be your Medicine.


— Hippocrates


#science #food

The art is long, life is short, opportunity fleeting, experiment dangerous, judgment difficult.


— Hippocrates


#art






About Hippocrates

Hippocrates Quotes




Did you know about Hippocrates?

Hippocrates was reluctant to administer drugs and engage in specialized treatment that might prove to be wrongly chosen; generalized therapy followed a generalized diagnosis. Hippocrates II. Now the physician focuses on specific diagnosis and specialized treatment both of which were espoused by the Knidian school.

He is referred to as the father of western medicine in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine. Hippocrates is commonly portrayed as the paragon of the ancient physician credited with coining the Hippocratic Oath still relevant and in use today.

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