The Despair of the West and the Hope of the East
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The book is cited for its analysis of modern medicine, psychology, and Western culture.
Philotheos Faros argues that Western thought often divides the human person or treats him as a mechanism correctable through technical methods.
The transcript highlights the book’s criticism of the belief that medical science can solve every human problem.
It also discusses psychotherapy’s attempt to replace religious and priestly functions in modern society.
Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos uses these arguments to introduce the Orthodox understanding of the soul and its healing.
Philotheos Faros argues that Western thought often divides the human person or treats him as a mechanism correctable through technical methods.
The transcript highlights the book’s criticism of the belief that medical science can solve every human problem.
It also discusses psychotherapy’s attempt to replace religious and priestly functions in modern society.
Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos uses these arguments to introduce the Orthodox understanding of the soul and its healing.
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THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUAL MEDICINE (Part 1) - Orthodox Psychotherapy in Action - By: Metr. Hierotheos Vlachos of Nafpaktos, Greece
