# The Divided Self ![rw-book-cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41TfCSAl3SL._SL200_.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[R. Laing and Anthony S. David]] - Full Title: The Divided Self - Category: #books ## Highlights - That is to say, when two sane persons meet, there appears to be a reciprocal recognition of each other’s identity. In this mutual recognition there are the following basic elements: (a) I recognize the other to be the person he takes himself to be. (b) He recognizes me to be the person I take myself to be. ([Location 537](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00341852W&location=537)) - Tags: [[favorite]] - I suggest, therefore, that sanity or psychosis is tested by the degree of conjunction or disjunction between two persons where the one is sane by common consent. ([Location 549](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00341852W&location=549))