Frank Farrelly. . .must be thought of with respect (perhaps even delight?) by his clients who have so far played the game of therapy with their therapists, but, I am afraid, also a shocking example for those therapists who, in Laing's words, 'are playing at not playing a game'.
Paul WatzlawickMaturityโฆ is the ability to do something even though your parents have recommended it.
Paul WatzlawickIt obviously makes a difference whether we consider ourselves as pawns in a game whose rules we call reality or as players of the game who know that the rules are โrealโ only to the extent that we have created or accepted them, and that we can change them.
Paul WatzlawickIt follows from the assumption of a universally valid ideology, just as night follows day, that other positions are heresy.
Paul WatzlawickIf we have dwelled on Godel's work at some length, is it because we see it in the mathematical analogy of what we would call the the ultimate paradox of man's existence. Man is ultimately subject and object of his quest. While the question whether the mind can be considered to be anything like a formalized system, as defined in the preceding paragraph, is probably unanswerable, his quest for an understanding of the meaning of his existence is an attempt at formalization.
Paul Watzlawick