The Wisdom of Psychopaths

hot empathy.

‘I think every society needs particular individuals to do its dirty work for it,’ he continues. ‘Someone who isn’t afraid to make tough decisions. Ask uncomfortable questions. Put themselves on the line. And a lot of the time those individuals, by the very nature of the work that they’re tasked to do, aren’t necessarily going to be the kind of peop

Psychopaths are fearless, confident, charismatic, ruthless and focused. Yet, contrary to popular belief, not necessarily violent.

‘mad without being mad’. Manie sans delire.

the will becom[ing] the involuntary vehicle of vicious actions, through the instrumentality of the passions.’

sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic.

refrigerated heart of a ruthless, glacial predator.

determination, curiosity and insensitivity

ASPD is psychopathy with added emotion. Psychopathy is an emotionless void.