Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Madness

  • The Affinity of Philosophy and Madness: David Stove on the Logos

    From an interview with a philosopher of madness who is also a mad philosopher in the sense that he has experienced severe psychotic episodes requiring hospitalization,  Wouter Kusters: JB: So, to paraphrase again, the ‘mad person’ is grappling with the very same profound questions as the philosopher, but is doing so in more chaotic, ‘uncontained’…