Passages from Sherwin Nuland's Writings
Passages from Sherwin Nuland's Writings
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The Biology of the Spirit
March 12, 2009
Former surgeon Sherwin Nuland speaks about his sense of wonder at the body's capacity to sustain life and support our pursuits of order and meaning, and why he believes the human spirit is an evolutionary accomplishment of the brain. The three-pound human brain, he says, is the most complex structure that has ever existed on this planet.
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Brain, Mind, and Spirit: The Wisdom of the Human Body
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Listen to the complete audio of Sherwin Nuland's lecture given at the Chautauqua Institution on August 22, 2005. For more of his lectures, visit The Great Lecture Library.
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Nuland is clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he also teaches bioethics and medical history. His books include Maimonides, How We Die, and How We Live: The Wisdom of the Body.
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