The other great philosopher whose birthday is Oct. 15 was also preocuppied with the concept and history madness throughout his life. Michel Foucault (b. 1926 - d. 1984 (AIDS)) is perhaps the most influential thinker across the disciplines of the social sciences and humanities in the late 20th and early 21st C. (rivalled only by Jacques Derrida…)
“…if you are not like everybody else, then you are abnormal, if you are abnormal , then you are sick. These three categories, not being like everybody else, not being normal and being sick are in fact very different but have been reduced to the same thing” ― Michel Foucault
Photo of Foucault in his house, 1984
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