Word: langere
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...Nuclear attack far exceeds the worst epidemics in the mortalities, the suddeness and the unimaginable destruction it would cause," said Langer. Nuclear war would also differ from a plague in that society would consider it "man willed and man-made," he added...
...Langer, however, called the great bubonic plague epidemic, which in two years carried off one-third to one-fourth of Europe's population, "the greatest disaster that has ever overtaken mankind." He explained that this "disaster of the first magnitude must have had profound social effects...
...particular concern to Langer was the 'rather disgusting performance" of the leaders of medieval society who fled the cities in the face of approaching disaster. "Officials of the towns and the upper clergy fled, professors and students dropped their books, wealthy tradesmen closed their shops," said Langer...
...predominantly medical audience smiled when Langer said, "there is very little evidence of physicians fleeing". However, Langer later told how doctors were stoned in the streets for failing to relieve the epidemic...
Susanne K. Langer, Philosophy in a New Key. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952 (now in paperback...