Contact with unreason is most neurotic for a reason-armed man

Evidence

The psychoanalysts say that nothing is more traumatizing for the young child than his encounters with what is rational. I would personally say that for a man whose only weapon is reason there is nothing more neurotic than contact with unreason. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 428 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: For a reason-dependent man, encountering pure unreason is the most neurotic experience; Contact with a Jew can trigger tactile delirium and compulsions to wash; For a reason-armed man, contact with unreason provokes the deepest neurosis. — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 428

Broader Connections