| Title | : | In Praise of Folly |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Theodore Dalrymple |
| Release | : | 2019-09-05 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Social Science, Books, Nonfiction, Health, Mind & Body, Psychology |
| Size | : | 1164357 |
| Travelling to the hard-living Dylan Thomas's Boathouse in Laugharne, Wales, psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple considered along the way another foible – the folly of eminent people. Praised for their attainments in one area, high-achievers are more often than not prone to unexpected failings elsewhere. Enter a large cast of anti- and vivisectionists, surgeons, theologians, philosophers, admirals, judges, astrophysicists, Nazi-leaning homoeopaths, and writers such as D.H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley, P.G. Wodehouse, and Conan Doyle. In his pithy and amusing style, Dalrymple casts a sobering light on an insuppressible trait of ours – the fallibility of the human mind. |
