Szasz

Famous quotes containing the word 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 (b. 1920)

“Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.”
—Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)

“Psychiatrists classify a person as mad if he suffers from his problems in living, and a psychotic if he makes others suffer.”
—Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)