"Hamlet's knowledge and his desire for knowledge set him apart from the world. In it, he cannot be of it. He acts the part of a madman."

"Only transcendence can make this questionable life good, the world beautiful, and existence itself a fulfilment."

“Is illness a prerequisite for the deepest insights ? Kierkegaard, Nietzsche ? Hölderlin ?”

"Jaspers poses the ancient and Renaissance question of the relationship between diseased psyche and creativity."