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Eastern Philo
Ken Mogi
100

He is the author and main character of When Breath Becomes Air

Who is Paul Kalanithi 

100
This was where Paul earned his degree as a Neurosurgeon
Where is Stanford University
100

a hospital room or area staffed and equipped for the reception and treatment of persons with conditions (as illness or trauma) requiring immediate medical care.

Where is the ER?

100

a teaching under Confucian Philosophy

What is the obligation of Li

100

the author of the next book we are reading

who is ken mogi

200

She first appeared very adamant to Paul in the beginning, but soon grew to accept his condition and write the epilogue

Who is Lucy Kalanithi 

200

The state in the US where Paul grew up in

Where is Arizona?

200

a corpse.

What is a cadaver?

200

equivalent to recognziing and acting upon unchosen obligations

What is trustworthiness 

200

Ken Mogi's profession

what is a neuroscientist

300

Paul's Oncologist

who is emma hayward

300

The US state where Paul and Lucy moved to study in medical school

Where is California?

300

a forecast of the likely course of a disease or ailment.

What is a prognosis

300

The scale of which a person's virtue is measured

What is Piety

300

this was written in Ken Mogi's blog

What is "to solve the so-called mind-brain problem.“

400

A cardiologist and a devout Christian. At first Paul is hesitant to emulate this person

Paul's father

400

The city where Lucy decided not to join Paul for his vacation because she initially thought they both want different things in life. she later changed her mind when Paul came back to her

Where is New York City

400

Electromagnetic radiation of high energy and very short wavelength (between ultraviloet light and gamma rays)

What is an x-ray

400

ancient chinese philsoophy that recognizes the harmony between opposing forces

What is Yin and Yang

400

The complete name of the book we shall be reading

What is Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life 

500

A general surgery resident at Stanford who is a few years senior to Paul. The two become friends as they work traumas together, creating inside jokes about patients’ prognoses.

who is Jeff

500

the german translation is Krakenhaus

Hospital

500

One major category of the medical discipline specifically devoted for cancer

What is chemotherapy

500

a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period

Who is Sun Tzu

500
English translation means "state of being"

What is Ikigai?

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