The Privilege of Pain
We have seen that as mankind rises in the scale of civilization the body becomes increasingly less important. Nevertheless, I wish it to be clearly understood, that I do not maintain that it is preferable to be ill than well, but only that each state has its own peculiar privileges, which are rarely interchangeable.
Health and sickness are merely different roads to achievement. The earth requires rain as well as sunshine; we need both tears and laughter; navvies are necessary and so are philosophers.
The book details how people from many professions who had some or other physical disability or pain reached their goals. The introduction is by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
- Summary by Stav Nisser and the conclusion of the book.
Genre(s): Health & Fitness, Philosophy
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 00 | Introduction | Beth Thomas (1974-2020) |
00:06:28 |
| Play 01 | Health And Strength | Kassie Yang |
00:05:05 |
| Play 02 | Soldiers and a Sailor | Kassie Yang |
00:07:49 |
| Play 03 | Ill-Health and its Relation to Genius | Kassie Yang |
00:06:13 |
| Play 04 | Among the Poets | Jim Locke |
00:14:17 |
| Play 05 | Novelists | Jim Locke |
00:10:21 |
| Play 06 | Physical Perfection and its Relation to Civilization | John |
00:08:25 |
| Play 07 | The Physically Handicapped Philosophers | Linda Johnson |
00:09:48 |
| Play 08 | Astronomers and Mathematicians | John |
00:03:03 |
| Play 09 | Statesmen and Politicians | John |
00:05:53 |
| Play 10 | The Freedom of Ill-Health | Phil Schempf |
00:04:16 |
| Play 11 | Artists; Musicians | Nichalia Schwartz |
00:04:16 |
| Play 12 | Three Physicians, a Naturalist and a Chemist; Inventors | Linda Johnson |
00:03:36 |
| Play 13 | Historians and Men of Letters | Linda Johnson |
00:15:52 |
| Play 14 | Protestant Reformers | Brian James |
00:03:37 |
| Play 15 | The Saints | John |
00:09:55 |
| Play 16 | Pain, the Great Teacher; Conclusion | Beth Thomas (1974-2020) |
00:11:07 |