James Henry Pullen, the Genius of Earlswood

1918; Royal College of Psychiatrists; Volume: 64; Issue: 266 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1192/bjp.64.266.251

ISSN

2514-9946

Autores

F. Di Sano,

Tópico(s)

Historical Economic and Social Studies

Resumo

In old times, when kings occasionally wanted to know the real opinion of their people, they asked their fool, and it has become a proverb that “fools tell the truth while laughing.” But the court jester is not always an agreeable man, and it is also said that before he teaches you the maxim he “will annoy and pester.” Thus we may suppose that these were of different kinds.

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