Webb9 okt. 2024 · In ancient medicine, there were no psychiatrists, that is doctors (iatros) of the soul (psychē), but in ancient philosophy there were.From Democritus and Socrates onwards, numerous philosophers professed to be ‘doctors of the soul’, taking care of the ills of the soul analogously to the medical doctors taking care of the ills of the body. 2 … WebbFör 1 dag sedan · But there is a method to the madness. These individual tasks are not out of reach. There are octogenarians, nonagenarians, and even centenarians right now who are running marathons, racing bicycles, lifting weights, flying airplanes, jumping out of airplanes, skiing the Rocky Mountains, competing in actual decathlons, and doing all …
A Philosophy of Madness by Wouter Kusters - Penguin
Webb26 aug. 2024 · The publication of the English translation of A Philosophy of Madness has brought his work to the attention of the English-speaking world, and it has prompted a renewed debate on philosophical and phenomenological perspectives on psychosis as … WebbIn vivid prose, Kusters traces continuities between detachments of “madness” and philosophy.” —Susanna Siegel, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University; author of The Contents of Visual Experience and The Rationality of Perception “A book about everything—whose center cannot hold, yet does. dyke road felixstowe
Too Mad To Be True - Psychiatrie en Filosofie
Webb31 jan. 2024 · The conclusion that Socrates’ and, through him, Plato’s philosophy is drawing, is that Ion’s art is not an ordered system of skills. Instead, it is a divine inspiration, a madness of a sort. Before sealing this conclusion Socrates presents Ion with a dilemma; either poets and rhapsodes are humans and need to responsibly explain the nature ... Webb18 dec. 2024 · This book has been written by Wouter Kusters. The publishers say: “A philosopher draws on his own experience of madness as he takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the philosophy of psychosis and the psychosis of philosophy. In this book, philosopher and linguist Wouter Kusters examines the … WebbPreface to Philosophy of Madness; Fundamental and Transgressive Insights Wouter Kusters, January 2016 Once upon a time I was born and raised happily, at least as far as I can remember, in a sweet village in the Dutch fruitland, ‘Batavia’, in central Netherlands. dyker park foot care