“When and why do we attribute a person's behavior to brain disease, and when and why do we not do so? Briefly, the answer is that we often attribute bad behavior to disease (to excuse the agent);never attribute good behavior to disease (lest we deprive the agent of credit); and typically attribute good behavior to free will and insist bad behavior called mental illness is a "no fault" act of nature.”
“When and why do we attribute a person's behavior to brain disease, and when and why do we not do so? Briefly, the answer is that we often attribute bad behavior to disease (to excuse the agent);never attribute good behavior to disease (lest we deprive the agent of credit); and typically attribute good behavior to free will and insist bad behavior called mental illness is a "no fault" act of nature.”
Thomas Szasz
“The stupid neither forgive nor forget the naive forgive and forget the wise forgive but do not forget. ”
Thomas Szasz“Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less.”
Thomas Szasz“A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power.”
Thomas Szasz“No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious.”
Thomas Szasz“Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.”
Thomas Szasz“He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself.”
Thomas Szasz“The proverb warns that "You should not bite that hand that feeds you." But maybe you should if it prevents you from feeding yourself.”
Thomas Szasz“The self is not something that one finds. It is something one creates.”
Thomas Szasz“If you talk to God you are praying if God talks to you you have schizophrenia.”
Thomas Szasz“If you talk to God you are praying if God talks to you you have schizophrenia.”
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