Quote by Antonin Artaud
And what is an authentic madman? It is a man who preferred to become mad, in the socially accepted sense of the word, rather than forfeit a certain superior idea of human honor. So society has strangled in its asylums all those it wanted to get rid of or protect itself from, because they refused to become its accomplices in certain great nastinesses. For a madman is also a man whom society did not want to hear and whom it wanted to prevent from uttering certain intolerable truths.
Summary
This quote suggests that society often labels individuals as "mad" or insane when they refuse to conform to societal norms and values. A true madman, according to this quote, is someone who would rather be seen as mad than compromise their personal integrity and ideas of honor. The quote highlights how society tends to confine and silence those who refuse to be complicit in immoral or unacceptable actions, as these individuals may possess uncomfortable truths that the majority doesn't want to confront or acknowledge.
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Madness
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