#Sanity

Dalí’s Paradox of Sanity and Madness

At first glance, Dalí’s line sounds like a clever contradiction: he claims closeness to a madman while insisting on a decisive difference. Yet that tension is precisely the point.

Kurosawa’s Paradox of Sanity in Chaos

Kurosawa’s aphorism pivots on a paradox: when the world itself is deranged—morally, politically, or epistemically—the people who refuse to adapt can appear unhinged. In such climates, conformity masquerades as sanity whi...

Freedom: The Antidote to Life’s Lunacy

Rainer Maria Rilke’s assertion—'Freedom’s meaning is that life is not lunacy'—invites us to reconsider the true essence of being free. Rather than seeing freedom as mere lack of constraint, Rilke frames it as the force t...

Wisdom Beyond Conformity: Lessons from Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius, a Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor, proposes a piercing distinction between simply following the majority and exercising true wisdom. This notion runs counter to the deeply embedded social instinct to...