115 he claims to envy lunatics because they were…

115 he claims to envy lunatics because they were always mentally elsewhere - - and extreme form of Epicurean deflection. What did it matter if a madman's idea of the world was skewed, so long as he was happy? M retold classical stories such as that of lichus, who went about his daily life and successfully held down a job while believing that everything you saw was taking place on stage, as a theatrical performance. when a doctor cured him of this delusion, like us became so miserable that he sued the doctor for robbing him of his pleasure in life .

— from The Instruments (Awareness/Perception/Expectations)

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