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  • 1Mental Health Department, Via Milano 28 - 88024 Girifalco, Catanzaro, Italy, straniti@virgilio.it.

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Summary

Madness is an innate human trait, essential for creativity. Understanding lunacy requires setting aside reason, embracing the will to live as Schopenhauer suggested.

Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Psychology of Creativity

Background:

  • Madness is posited as an inherent aspect of the human spirit.
  • Creativity is exclusively linked to a state of lunacy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the relationship between madness, creativity, and intellect.
  • To propose a framework for understanding madness beyond rational principles.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical inquiry and conceptual analysis.
  • Referencing established philosophical thought (Galimberti, Schopenhauer).

Main Results:

  • Intellect is defined as a rule-based system for conflict minimization.
  • Madness is presented as a state outside the principle of non-contradiction, essential for true creativity.

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Conclusions:

  • Understanding madness necessitates embracing irrationality and 'lunacy'.
  • The 'will to live' (Schopenhauer) is fundamental to madness and creativity, transcending rational constraints.