In:
Social Science Information, SAGE Publications, Vol. 39, No. 2 ( 2000-06), p. 207-217
Abstract:
The title says the contrary of what Hippocrates (around 400 BC) stated in his famous aphorism: life is short, art is long. This aphorism has been commented upon from Seneca's time till a recently created column on the “uncertain art” of medicine in the journal “The American Scholar”. In modern times, more and more evidence has come up to show that nowadays, as a beneficent result of scientific progress, man's lifespan has been extended considerably, and the arts (in the old sense of the word, including most sciences) have often been shortened - but not in all cases. Thus, the advantages of the “longevity program” on one side and those of the “acceleration program” on the other side of the old asymmetry of life and art are asymmetrically distributed themselves.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0539-0184
,
1461-7412
DOI:
10.1177/053901800039002002
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2000
detail.hit.zdb_id:
4834-3
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2019602-7
SSG:
3,4
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