Therapeutic nihilism
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Therapeutic nihilism
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Therapeutic nihilism is a contention that it is impossible to cure people or societies of their ills through treatment. In medicine, it was connected to the idea that many "cures" do more harm than good, and that one should instead encourage the body to heal itself. Michel de Montaigne espoused this view in his Essais in 1580. This position was later popular, among other places, in France in the 1820s and 1830s, but has mostly faded away in the modern era due to the development of provably effec
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View that medical treatment is futile
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic_nihilism
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2024-04-01T07:52:28Z
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