Madness and Wisdom | Richard Bentall, Patricia Casey, Robert-Rowland Smith

Philosophy For Our Times

English - February 21, 2017 10:04 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB - ★★★★ - 260 ratings
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Madness is understood as the opposite of reason. Yet as Van Gogh and Nietzsche attest, madness can also be an inexplicable source of insight. Might madness be a strange form of wisdom rather than its diseased opposite? Or is this to make light of a condition that requires treatment?

Author of Madness Explained Richard Bentall, psychiatrist Patricia Casey, and philosopher and author of Death Drive Robert-Rowland Smith dispute meaning and madness.

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