Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through.

R.D. Laing

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Topic

Genius and insanity Insanity Creativity Innovation Ideas

Author

R.D. Laing

Source

The Politics of Experience

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Psychiatrist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Laing, Ronald David. The Politics of Experience. Penguin Books, 1967, ch. 6.

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Another quote from the 1960s

No society, certainly not a large and heterogenous one, can fail in time to explode if it is deprived of the arts of compromise, if it knows no ways of muddling through. No good society can be unprincipled; and no viable society can be principle-ridden.

Alexander M. Bickel

The Least Dangerous Branch

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Topic
Political compromise

Author

Alexander M. Bickel
Source
The Least Dangerous Branch
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Bickel, Alexander M. The Least Dangerous Branch: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics. The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1962, ch. 2.

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The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Topic
Creativity Innovation Invention
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.