342 Mirror Madness

“In his delusive attachment to himself, man generates his madness like a mirage. The symbol of madness will henceforth be that mirror which, without reflecting anything real, will secretly offer the man who observes himself in it the dream of his own presumption. Madness deals not so much with truth and the world as with man and whatever truth about himself he is able to perceive.”

Foucault, Michel. Madness And Civilization. United States of America, 27.

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1. In truth, immediately i did understand it. But after re-reading I think i comprehend

   Comment by BMW guy — August 24, 2010 #

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