Pankey Philosophy Archives

The “First” Principle

I was recently rereading one of Avrom King’s essays and stumbled upon the deeply profound statement: “Fear and love cannot coexist;

In 2003, I was fortunate to dine with Pete Dawson and he spoke about his friendship with Dr. Morty Amsterdam and

It has been a life-long observation of mine that leaders who are well-loved, who people are drawn to, who friends

I’d like to tell you about my neighbor up here on Bent Mountain. His name is Mike Stockton. He personally

Fifteen years after graduating from dental school I was searching for answers. I barely knew what questions to ask because

When dentists are asked to use their imaginations to create a vision of the future, they usually see themselves as

Viktor Frankl wrote his famous memoir, Man’s Search for Meaning, over a period of nine days in 1946, and it

The Ancient Greek aphorism “Know Thyself” is one of the Delphic Maxims inscribed on the ancient Temple of Apollo. Dr.

As I lay here and reflect on the last 30 years of my life, I cannot help but wonder and

One of the hardest things in dentistry is to know when to keep pressing onward or deeply reconsider a situation

Like many aspiring students on a track toward dental school, I studied Latin with the hope that someday my understanding