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We Re All Mad Here By Lewis Carroll
While reading through this selection the iconic Lewis Carroll quote “we’re all mad here” from Alice in Wonderland was repeating in my thought process. I can think of no better way to begin this exploratory course. The reading itself was a series of brilliant philosophical musings on the nature of madness along with how we perceive it to exist. In the present moment, I am unable to say if I agree or disagree with Foucault as he articulates himself well. A repeating theme in this selection begs the question what is madness because in some circumstances what seems to be madness is really recognition of truth. So, in a manner of speaking, he indirectly suggests are the mad the ones who are mad or is it the masses who seem to believe that they are
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