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What does it mean?
Influential philosophers show signs of mental illness linked to their thinking.
In plain terms
Some famous philosophers had mental health issues affecting their work.
What can you take from it?
Mental health impacts philosophy.

Where it applies

  • scholarship
  • biography
  • critique

Putting it to work

  • assess mental state
  • separate idea from author

Questions to consider

  • How does mental health affect thought?
  • Are some ideas products of illness?

Another view

Mental health status varies and is hard to diagnose.

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