Many extra-ordinary people, with all their idiosyncrasies, quirks, obsessive drives for knowledge and systemic questioning, repress and hide their true selves, because it's not valued and doesn't fit in with the normal assumptions of society. It throws a wrench into the otherwise harmonious society.
Roger Shattuck's summarizing statements about Alfred Jarry's 'Pataphysics...
1. 'Pataphysics is the science of the realm beyond metaphysics; or. 'Pataphysics lies as far beyond metaphysics as metaphysics lies beyond physics - in one direction or another.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
