天才与疯癫向来是哲学界争论的重要议题,从福柯到尼采,都在寻找着个人智慧和激情所能抵达的极限边界。当然,哲学思辨总是充满着推论和演绎,这与丰沛厚重的现实生活并不太契合。因此,对普通读者来说,这些理论著作显得过于遥远,以至于哲学家本身都被染上了一种神秘和非常态的气息。有没有一种更为科学和理性的途径,来厘清天才与病人的界线?奥利弗·萨克斯医生向读者展示了一种具备可操作性的方式。作为经验丰富的神经病学专家,他记录着成百上千个 Genius and madness have always been an important topic of debate in the philosophical world. From Foucault to Nietzsche, they are all looking for the limit boundaries that individual wisdom and passion can reach. Of course, philosophical speculation is always full of inferences and deductions, which are not in accordance with the abundant and heavy realities. Therefore, for ordinary readers, these theoretical works seem so far away that the philosophers themselves are infected with a mysterious and abnormal atmosphere. Is there a more scientific and rational way to clarify the genius and the patient’s boundaries? Dr. Oliver Sachs show readers a workable way. As an experienced neurologist, he records hundreds