2005-03-04
Tun, was man will %u201EDer Mensch kann zwar tun, was er will, aber er kann nicht wollen, was er will.%u201C Von welchem Philosophen stammt dieses Zitat? Ihre Antwort: Arthur Schopenhauer Wahr Arthur Schopenhauer wurde 1788 in Danzig geboren und verstarb 1860 in Frankfurt am Main. Das genannte Zitat sollte verdeutlichen, dass Schopenhauer als Determinist die Willensfreiheit leugnete.
Research has repeatedly shown that southpaws and right-handers have different approaches to the world - and sometimes different attitudes. The word "sinister" originally meant "left side" and provides a hint of ancient bigotry. Left-handed people are in the minority, but they may have advantages. An experiment by the University of Toledo found that people with plenty of left-handed relatives seem to have better memories than most. A study of 17,000 people in Britain, on the other hand, showed that left-handers seemed to be at twice the risk of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, and that left-handers might be slightly more at risk from asthma, migraine, autism and diabetes. A Canadian team reported in 2000 that left-handedness might be more common in gay men and lesbian women than in a comparable population of heterosexuals.