"Bento Prado Jr. brings to bear the magnitude of his thought and the range of his cultural understanding, which were already discernible in his previous work, on the philosophy that he develops in this book and that is as original as it is profound, situating the author at the interface between the continental and the analytical traditions. With Error, Illusion, Madness, Prado Jr. emerges as the greatest Brazilian philosopher of the twentieth century."Renaud Barbaras, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Publisher's NoteForeword - Vladimir SafatlePreface1. Error, Illusion MadnessCommentary by Arley Ramos Moreno: "Error, Illusion, Madness"2. Descartes and the Last Wittgenstein: The Dream Argument Revisited3. Wittgenstein: Culture and Value4. Plane of Immanence and LifeCommentary by Arley Ramos Moreno: 'Values and Plane of Immanence'5. Relativism as a CounterpointCommentary by Sérgio Cardoso: 'Bento Prado Jr.'s Lecture on Relativism'Commentary by Paulo Eduardo Arantes:'Neither Apel, Nor Rorty'6. On Deleuze: An Interview7. Bergson, 110 Years LaterNotesBibliographyIndex
Bento Prado Jr. was an influential Brazilian philosopher who taught at the University of São Paulo and the Federal University of São Carlos.