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Anyone who wants to know Hahnemann’s work should have unfettered access to it and guidance in understanding it. I am actively working on uploading many of his works under resources: articles by others, and I write on these different topics as I study them myself. Grab a cup of something warm and cozy and come study with me <3.

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-B

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Aphorism 11
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Aphorism 11

As I have eluded to in aphorisms 6 and 7, Hahnemann believes it is the vital force that becomes ill.  And this is the aphorism where he says that outright. “when a person fall ill, it is only this…vital force…that is primarily deranged….it is only the vital force…that can furnish the organism with its disagreeable sensations and incline it to the irregular processes which we call disease.” 

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Symptoms that are Perceptible to the Senses
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Symptoms that are Perceptible to the Senses

In aphorism 6 (and his essay, the Medical Observer), Hahnemann details that we need to only include symptoms that are perceptible to the senses in our list of symptoms. In other words, when compiling a list of symptoms that need to be cured by a remedy, we should not include things like “needs grounding”, or “likes security”. Rather, we include only things that are factual, or able to be touched, seen, smelled, heard or tasted. These classic five senses can also include proprioception (your ability to balance or tell where you are in space), which is sometimes lumped in with touch. 

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Which translation of the Organon should you read?
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Which translation of the Organon should you read?

If you are deciding which version of the Organon to get, then the answer to what is “best” largely depends on your goals, previous experience and personal preferences.

Unless you are interested in comparing different editions, I don’t recommend any edition than the sixth (why read things Hahnemann later felt were inaccurate or unimportant?).

There are three translations of the sixth edition. One by Boericke and Dudgeon, one by Künzli, Naudé, and Pendleton and one by Decker and Brewster O’Reilly.

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The Structure of the Organon
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The Structure of the Organon

The main text is essentially a list of 291 aphorisms. Since it’s structured as a list, it’s easy to get lost in the details. In most books, there are chapters and sometimes subchapters and the author, before moving on to a new chapter, will often end with a summary of where we have been (at least in a nonfiction book). But here we don’t get that.

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