Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can … - Susan Sontag

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Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by will power are always an index of how much is not understood about a disease.

Susan Sontag

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Susan Sontag (16 January 1933 – 28 December 2004) was an American essayist, literary critic, cultural theorist, and political activist.

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Alternative Names: Susan Rosenblatt • Susan Lee Sontag • Susan Lee Rosenblatt

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The really important thing is not to reject anything.

For the modern consciousness, the artist (replacing the saint) is the exemplary sufferer. And among artists, the writer, the man of words, is the person to whom we look to be able best to express his suffering.

أشعر بأنني أتغيّر طوال الوقت، وهذا شيء يصعب تفسيره للناس.

Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by will power are always an index of how much is not understood about a disease. - Susan Sontag

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