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Quotation from The World as Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
“delirium falsifies perception, madness the thoughts”
The World as Will and Representation, Third Book, §36, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886)
Schopenhauer distinguishes delirium from madness at the start of his theory of insanity as a disorder of memory.
Citation: "delirium falsifies perception, madness the thoughts" — Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Third Book, §36, trans. R. B. Haldane and J. Kemp (1883-1886). (id the-world-as-will-and-representation-q5)
Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.
