"There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia,' but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event."

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"There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia,' but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event."

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"As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use."

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"The fact that tradition hinders the individual savage from thinking logically by no means proves that he cannot think logically."

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