john hulley said that healthy mind lives in a healthy body.
healthy mind lives in healthy body who said?
john hulley
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mens sana in corpore sano is a latin phrase, usually translated as "a healthy mind in a healthy body". the phrase is widely used in sporting and educational contexts to express the theory that physical exercise is an important or essential part of mental and psychological well-being.





























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the phrase comes from of the roman poet juvenal (10.356). it is the first in a list of what is desirable in life:
mens sana in corpore sano
over time and separated from its context, the phrase has come to have a range of meanings. it can be construed to mean that only a healthy mind can lead to a healthy body, or equally that only a healthy body can produce or sustain a healthy mind. its most general usage is to express the hierarchy of needs: with physical and mental health at the root.





























an earlier, similar saying is attributed to the pre-socratic philosopher thales:





























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bullet::::- john locke (1632–1704) uses the phrase in his book "some thoughts concerning education".
mens sana in corpore sano