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=== Mental Illness as Woodness === | === Mental Illness as Woodness === | ||
− | The term [[Woodness]] was originally applied in Anglo-Saxon circles as a condition where the intelligible mind is separated from the vegetative soul. This appeared to be unaffiliated with either Platonic or Aristotelian conceptions of the anima/animus. Woodness is developed as a social concept from the prior Germanic theory of mind. As a concept, Woodness appears to mean that an individual is literally 'out of their mind'; or rather, that the rational mind is in a disconnected relationship | + | The term [[Woodness]] was originally applied in Anglo-Saxon circles as a condition where the intelligible mind is separated from the vegetative soul. This appeared to be unaffiliated with either Platonic or Aristotelian conceptions of the anima/animus. Woodness is developed as a social concept from the prior Germanic theory of mind. As a concept, Woodness appears to mean that an individual is literally 'out of their mind'; or rather, that the rational mind is in a disconnected relationship with itself. Traits attributed to 'Woodness' might be related to the modern notion of [[Schizophrenia]], or split-mindedness. However, no clear reason for outset is explained in any text from that period. However, this mental condition is reflected frequently in popular English literature as late as Geoffrey Chaucer's work 'Canterbury Tales', in the 14th century. Lines alluding to Woodness as mental illness include, "What sholde he studie and make hymselven wood", "armed, and looked grym as he were wood", and "the hunted is, for her hunger wood". |
=== Mental Illness as Madness === | === Mental Illness as Madness === |