Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
— Thomas Szasz  ·  Medicine

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religion [rɪ'lɪdʒən] 词频1 词根: lig
n. 宗教;支配自己生活的大事;教派;心爱的事物;
💡 relig=rely依赖+ ion 名词后缀 → 用来依赖的 → 宗教；宗教信仰
"Is there always a conflict between science and religion?"
科学和宗教信仰之间是否永远存在着冲突？
近义：creed, faith 反义：godlessness
medicine ['mɛdsn] 词频1 词根: medi
n. 医学;药物;有功效的东西，良药;
💡 medic医师+ine名词后缀 →医学，内科学
"a distinguished career in medicine"
在医学领域的辉煌生涯
近义：medicament, medicant, medication, medications, nostrums, pharmacon
mistake [mɪ'stek] 词频1 词根: mis
n. 错误，过失，误解;差错，口误，笔误;失策，失误; vt.& vi. 弄错，误解; vt. 认不出;误会;看错; vi. 弄错;误解;
💡 mis错误，坏+take拿→拿错→错误
"It has now become evident to us that a mistake has been made."
我们已经清楚出了差错。
近义：miscalculate, misdeem, miss, confuse, fail, inaccuracy 反义：arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement
science ['saɪəns] 词频1 词根: sci
n. 科学;技术，知识;学科;理科;
💡 sci知道+ence名词后缀 → 科学；学问
"a degree in computer science"
计算机科学学位
formerly ['fɔrmɚli] 词频2
adv. 原来，原先;以前，从前;刚才;先头;
"We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard."
我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件.
近义：heretofore, once, previously, rather, thereinbefore, whilom 反义：lately, now, presently, recently, today, currently
strong [strɔŋ] 词频1 词根: str-
adj. 强的;坚强的;强烈的;强壮的; adv. 强劲地;猛烈地;大大地;坚强地;
💡 音“死壮“，死壮死壮的像头牛。
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒绝烈性酒
近义：heavy, hefty, husky, massive, mighty, muscular 反义：impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous

📜 Thomas Szasz 的更多名言

"If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."
"Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse."
"Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults."
"The stupid neither forgive or forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."
"When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him."
"The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget."
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🏷 更多「Medicine」名言

"Don't live in a town where there are no doctors."
— Jewish Proverb
"One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience."
— Alice James
"Let's not kid ourselves. Whatever we diagnose, most patients, if they don't die, get well by themselves. Our job is mainly to try to make them feel better; do no harm."
— Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
"[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind."
— Napoleon Bonaparte
"Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them."
— Dr. Martin Henry Fischer
"One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine."
— Sir William Osler
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