Posted by trouble on March 3, 2002, at 17:48:01
In reply to insane people bereft of reason?!?!, posted by ambrosialdelight on March 3, 2002, at 14:19:47
Hey Ambrosiadelight,
I didn't cite references to that assertion, b/c I don't like to come off as a pedant, but as I said, most prevailing and pernicious theories regarding the insane can be traced to the teachings of the great English scientists and philisophers of the seventeenth century; John Locke, Issac Newton, Frances Bacon among others.
If you ask me to cite the particular volumes of work my dear I'll pack you a sleeping bag and send you off to the public library.
trouble
p.s. No it has never been "proven" that the insane are bereft of reason, most things can't be proved w/out hard science, and that usually involves things you can see under microscopes and so forth. Reason and insanity are concepts, thus the unending controversy surrounding them.
Wouldn't it be nice if the laws and practices of western civilization were based on the "studies" you allude to, unfortunately philosophy is the major culprit and I am way past pedantry now so I will humbly hit the dang submit post button-->>Insane people bereft of reason?!
I never heard that one before. Is there proof that insane people cannot reason or is this conjecture? Any studies on this?
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