Organon of Medicine 1st aphorism 2nd aphorism Hahnemann 10 marks explanation

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// ─── SLIDE 2: INTRODUCTION ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
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  { text: "  Organon der Heilkunst (Organon of the Healing Art)\n", options: { color: LIGHT, breakLine: true } },
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  { text: "  6 editions (1st: 1810 → 6th: posthumous, published 1921)\n", options: { color: LIGHT, breakLine: true } },
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  { text: "  Written in aphoristic form — 291 aphorisms total\n", options: { color: LIGHT, breakLine: true } },
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  { text: "  The Bible of Homoeopathy; foundational textbook of the system\n", options: { color: LIGHT, breakLine: true } },
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// ─── SLIDE 3: APHORISM 1 — TEXT ──────────────────────────────────────────────
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  { text: "Restore the Sick to Health: ", options: { bold: true, color: ACCENT } },
  { text: "Complete restoration — not just symptomatic relief.\n", options: { color: LIGHT } },
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// ─── SLIDE 4: APHORISM 1 — EXPLANATION ──────────────────────────────────────
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  { text: "2. Concept of Cure vs. Palliation: ", options: { bold: true, color: GOLD } },
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  { text: "3. Not a Preserver of Health Here: ", options: { bold: true, color: GOLD } },
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  { text: "4. Emphasis on Individuality: ", options: { bold: true, color: GOLD } },
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// ─── SLIDE 5: APHORISM 1 — SIGNIFICANCE ─────────────────────────────────────
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// ─── SLIDE 6: APHORISM 2 — TEXT ──────────────────────────────────────────────
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// ─── SLIDE 7: APHORISM 2 — TERMS EXPLAINED ───────────────────────────────────
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  { term: "Whole Extent", def: "Every aspect of the disease (mental, physical, emotional) must be removed — not just local symptoms.", color: GOLD },
  { term: "Most Harmless Way", def: "Treatment must be safe — homoeopathic doses are infinitesimally small to avoid toxicity.", color: ACCENT },
  { term: "Comprehensible Principles", def: "Treatment must follow clearly defined, rational, and reproducible homoeopathic laws (e.g., Law of Similars).", color: GOLD },
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// ─── SLIDE 8: APHORISM 2 — DETAILED EXPLANATION ─────────────────────────────
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  { text: "3. Annihilation of Disease: ", options: { bold: true, color: GOLD } },
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  { text: "4. Connection to §3: ", options: { bold: true, color: GOLD } },
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// ─── SLIDE 9: COMPARISON TABLE ───────────────────────────────────────────────
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  { text: "§1 establishes the physician's ONLY duty — to cure. §2 sets the STANDARD of that cure — rapid, gentle, permanent, in whole extent, by harmless means, on logical principles. Together, these two aphorisms form the philosophical cornerstone of Homoeopathy.", options: { color: LIGHT } },
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  { text: "✓ Explain each key term individually — rapid, gentle, permanent, whole extent, harmless, comprehensible\n", options: { color: LIGHT } },
  { text: "✓ Differentiate §1 (duty of physician) from §2 (ideal of cure)\n", options: { color: LIGHT } },
  { text: "✓ Link §2 to the Law of Similars (§26) and Vital Force (§9–11)\n", options: { color: LIGHT } },
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