The Semi Insane And The Semi Responsible PDF Download

Excerpt from The Semi-Insane and the Semi-Responsible: Demifous Et Demiresponsables My dear Confrère: - I am happy to learn that you have decided to present my book on the "Demi-fous" to the great American public, and that, to the many criticisms from all sides, which have been most courteous toward my point of view, there may be added those which will be called forth from readers of an edition in the English language. The question studied in this volume is undoubtedly of a nature which excites intense interest in every land; no legislation can refuse to consider it or evade an attempt to solve it. It is too easy to dodge the question by saying, ironically and mockingly, that according to my teachings, everybody is a little crazy, and consequently it is hardly worth the while to trouble oneself to make distinctions. It is false and dangerous to say that criminals are all equally responsible or all equally irresponsible. It is immoral and antiscientific to say that society should simply defend itself against criminals as against mad dogs - by suppressing them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.