Towards a Measure of Man: The Frontiers of Normal Adjustment

The latter part of the book is more lucidly written and deals with the psychological mechanisms involved in the process of obtaining insight and the ethics of insight-giving. "Insight," he says "is both the beginning and end of all psychological observation", but resistance against it is strong because "we have accustomed ourselves throughout the years to think and feel in certain ways. "Without insight, however, comprehension of what we observe is impossible and people might not accept the evidence for the existence of the human 'Abnorm.' "