We understand that the tragic hero—in contrast to the baroque character of the preceding period—can never be mad; and that conversely madness cannot bear within itself those values of tragedy which we have known since Nietzsche and Artaud.


Madness and Civilization (1964)

Michel Foucault Quotes

We understand that the tragic hero—in contrast to the baroque character of the preceding period—can never be mad; and that conversely madness...

We understand that the tragic hero—in contrast to the baroque character of the preceding period—can never be mad; and that conversely madness...

We understand that the tragic hero—in contrast to the baroque character of the preceding period—can never be mad; and that conversely madness...

We understand that the tragic hero—in contrast to the baroque character of the preceding period—can never be mad; and that conversely madness...