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Wisdom, Madness and Folly: The Philosophy of a Lunatic
Most of the book was written while Custance was in the grips of mania, which is often accompanied by bursts of energy and creativity. At the same time, mania often results in illogical thinking and odd connections, for example between words that begin with the same letters. When Custance rereads the words he wrote while manic, he "can barely make head or tail of it and very often its appalling eccentricity nearly makes [him] sick." This objectivity about his disease, combined with descriptions of what it is like subjective
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Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?
New Living Translation
So I decided to compare wisdom with foolishness and madness (for who can complete this better than I, the king?).
English Standard Version
So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done.
Berean Common Bible
Then I turned to regard wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
King James Bible
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what canthe male dothat cometh after the king? eventhat which hath been already done.
New King James Version
Then I turned myself to consider wisdom and madness and folly; For what canthe man dowho succeeds the king?— Onlywhat he has already done.
New American Standard Bible
So I turned to consider wisdom, insanity, and foolishness;
R. D. LAING
CAN A PSYCHIATRIC institution exist for ‘really’ psychotic people where there is communication within solidarity, community and communion, instead of the It-district, the no-man’s-land between staff and patients?
This rift or rent in solidarity may be healed in a professional therapeutic relationship. A ‘relationship’, professional or otherwise, which does not heal this rent can hardly be called therapeutic since it seems to me that what is professionally called a ‘therapeutic relationship’ cannot exist without a primary human camaraderie being present and manifest. If it is not there to start with, therapy will have been successful if it is there before it ends.
There can be no solidarity if a basic, primary, fellow human feeling of being together has been lost or is absent. It is not easy to retain this feeling when you press the button. Very seldom, when I pressed the button, could I feel I was doing for this chap in terrible mental agony what I hoped he would do for me if I had his mind and brains and he had mine.
This issue of solidarity and camaraderie between me as a doctor and those patients did not arise for me, it did not occur to me until I was in th
Topical Encyclopedia
In the biblical context, "madness" and "folly" are often intertwined concepts that describe a departure from wisdom and righteousness, leading to behavior that is irrational, sinful, or contrary to God's will. These terms are frequently used in the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, particularly in the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, to contrast the life of the wise with that of the foolish.Madness
The term "madness" in the Bible is often associated with a state of mind that is devoid of reason and understanding. It is used to describe actions and thoughts that are irrational and contrary to the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10). In Ecclesiastes, Solomon reflects on the futility of human endeavors and the pursuit of pleasure, acknowledging that such pursuits can lead to madness. Ecclesiastes 1:17states, "So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind."
Madness is also depicted as a consequence of turning away from God. In Deuteronomy 28:28, as part of the curses for disobedience, it is written, "The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and con
Ecclesiastes 1:17 – Beyond Madness and Folly
Give Thanks?⤒🔗
We have shared the fruits and harvest of another season, and have again experienced the goodness and the kindness of God in supplying all our needs with an abundance of earthly gifts. Again one can say: God's promise holds true, for seedtime and harvest continue as long as the world remains, Genesis 8:22.
And yet Qoheleth, the teacher of wisdom among God's people who was God's instrument in writing the book Ecclesiastes, does not appear to us as such a thankful figure. He observes the regular recurrence of the seasons and the flow of the generations, and only concludes: All things are full of weariness!
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun.Ecclesiastes 1:9
What is there to give thanks about? All this has happened since the beginning of the world, and we can only expect things to continue in this way. What do we gain by all our toil? It is all vanity and a striving after wind. Wisdom, madness and folly – they are all the same. What difference does it make if you pursue one or the other?
Vanity of Vanities …←⤒🔗
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