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Deleuze with Guattari

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Isn't It a Philosophy Allergy to Contradiction?

I think that's what they love about schizophrenia is that it's this breaking out of oneself and even about out of the idea of a self. They associate psychoanalysis with reinforcing the ego, which I think is just completely wrong. So there's a way in which going down to the lower level is also the key to going out. And once you don't think of yourself in terms of a one, you're necessarily more open to the outside. But again, as I say, it's a philosophy allergic to contradiction.

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