Quote by Antonin Artaud

It is almost impossible to be a doctor and an honest man, but it is obscenely impossible to be a psychiatrist without at the same time bearing the stamp of the most incontestable madness: that of being unable to resist that old atavistic reflex of the mass of humanity, which makes any man of science who is absorbed by this mass a kind of natural and inborn enemy of all genius.

It is almost impossible to be a doctor and an honest man, bu

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This quote suggests that being a doctor requires a certain level of dishonesty, but being a psychiatrist amplifies this madness even further. The quote argues that by immersing in the collective mindset of society, doctors and scientists lose their originality and become adversaries to genius. It implies that conformity to societal norms and expectations hinders the ability to challenge established conventions and limits intellectual progress.

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By Antonin Artaud

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