Posts Tagged ‘philosophy’

‘Musicophilia’: Oliver Sacks investigates the healing power of music in his book

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 13:17 By GSerrano

British neurologist Oliver Sacks believes that listening to patients should be at the heart of medicine. In his 2007 book entitled ‘Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain,’ he explores the place of melody in the human brain that is ‘capable of expressing and evoking emotions and mental states that go beyond language.’ Music, thus, [...]

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Can Shops Sell Healthy Food for the Soul?

Monday, December 22, 2008 6:48 By Madhuri Katti

This shop is different. A group of philosophers and thinkers behind this concept shop claim that here one can brainstorm and hunt for ideas to live by and browse through different philosophic approaches to life for a healthy and creative future.
The ‘chemist shop for the mind’, School of Life, opened its door in London [...]

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