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Insanity Insane Insalubrity


~ INSALUBRITY  med> LACK OF HEALTH or SICKNESS
^              lat  SALUS  = HEALTH
               sp   SALUD    idem
                  INSALUBRE  UNHEALTHY or INSALUBRITY
~ INSANE  ALIENATED as in   sug> STRANGE
          ESTRANGED         sug> STRANGULATED
     PRONE TO DISEASE       sug> ILL
     id+ | NOT HEALTHY |
     opp to SANITY
     sp   SANO  = SANE or HEALTHY
         INSANO    INSANE
     ply> | an ALIEN may be perceived as an
            ALIENATING INSANE ABSURD WEIRD CRAZY
     STRANGE RIDICULOUS person against customary
     LOGIC or REASON |
     sp INOCENTE      = INNOCENT also means INSANE or RETARDED
     ukr BOZHE VILNYJ   SET FREE BY GOD
                        FREE FROM HUMAN REASON
                        FREE FROM SIN or GUILT as in
     med> MENTAL ILLNESS   see> PSYCHOSIS
          relates to DISEASE  DESTINY  LUNATIC
               MAD  VARIANT MANIA  FRENZY  DELUSION  see> ALIEN
~ INSANITY     id+ | DEFICIENT HEALTH |
               UNHEALTHY  UNSOUND
  increasingly implies MENTAL DISEASE   see> PSYCHOSIS
  in vern> MENTAL ILLNESS
  id+ | HUMAN LIMITS ARE IMPOSED BY OUR REASON |
  med> MENTAL DISEASE
       note that AMENTIA implies
  MENTAL RETARDATION  NOT PSYCHOSIS
  consider  LUNACY  FRENZY  DELIRIUM  MANIA  DELUSION
  hx> INSANITY MAY BE COLLECTIVE as per   see> HITLER
      MASS PSYCHOLOGY or PSYCHOSIS        see> STALIN
  lit+ one example of A RETREAT FROM REASON or
       COLLECTIVE INSANITY IS A DECLARATION BY
  THE PRESIDIUM OF THE FORMER USSR
  UPHOLDING THE VIEW THAT BOLSHEVIKS
  COULD IMPROVE THE NATURE AND GENES OF MANKIND
  BY IMPLEMENTING THEIR SOCIALIST IDEALS
  " ... TO APPLY BIOLOGIC LAWS TO HUMAN BEINGS
  IS TO LOWER THEM TO THE LEVEL OF BEASTS ... "
  from H.J. Muller [22]
  see> LYSENKO  UKRAINE  DEGENERATION

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