Plato (429-347 BC) in his “Dialogues” pointed out that a perfect human society could be achieved by harmonizing the interests of the individual and the community, and that the ideal of ancient Greek philosophy “a healthy mind in a healthy body” could be achieved if people established internal harmony and harmony with the physical and the social environment. Even today, his definition bears importance as a prerequisite for the overall health and wellness. In the 5th century BC, Pindar defined health as “harmonious functioning of the organs”, emphasizing the physical dimension of health, the physical body and the overall functionality, accompanied by the feeling of comfort and absence of pain. Similar concepts existed in ancient Indian and Chinese medicine ( 4, 5). The concept of health as a balance between a person and the environment, the unity of soul and body, and the natural origin of disease, was the backbone of the perception of health in ancient Greece. Historical overview of attitudes and considerations about health – from concepts of balance to ideas about health as economic category This co-existence being the product of digital society could be referred to as “digital anachronism”. We claim that, today, we need a historical overview to identify and understand this multiplicity of views and standpoints co-existing in the digital environment. In contrast to this, in the online environment, the overload of information and limitless opportunities of content presentation result in co-existence of different views. The usual approach to explaining health definitions would be to give a historical and chronological overview showing the development of the ideas over time to better understand the current position. We present different definitions of health and health-related values. How knowledge relevant to health and well-being is distributed in the digital society, and how the search for this knowledge, ie, navigating knowledge landscapes, influences everyday life and health needs to be clarified. Hence, this article deals with the concepts of health in relation to the present digital environment. This is especially relevant in relation to the 90th anniversary of Zagreb Andrija Štampar School of Public Health and the work of its founder, Andrija Štampar, with ongoing ambition of the School to be on the leading edge of public health understanding in the present society ( 3). It is important to estimate the impact that digital society has on knowledge landscapes and on health. Both health and knowledge need to be understood today as a part of the digital society. A substantial fraction of knowledge landscapes is also located in the digital environment. In digital society, knowledge is well distributed virtually and online. The knowledge landscapes ( ) represent multidimensional environments, which individuals encounter when searching for knowledge, particularly, knowledge related to health ( 1, 2).
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