{"title":"Essays on Partial Derangement of the Mind in Supposed Connexion with Religion by John Cheyne","authors":"Christopher C. H. Cook","doi":"10.1192/bja.2023.73","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Essays on Partial Derangement of the Mind in Supposed Connection with Religion, written amidst the illness of its author almost two centuries ago, was the little-known work of a distinguished physician. Seeking to rebut the argument that religion is causative of ‘derangement of the mind’ it takes a surprisingly biological view of such conditions while, at the same time, affirming the importance of faith, hope and love in human well-being. Despite its limitations, it makes observations that remain relevant to debates about religion and psychiatry today.","PeriodicalId":502857,"journal":{"name":"BJPsych Advances","volume":"32 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"BJPsych Advances","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2023.73","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Essays on Partial Derangement of the Mind in Supposed Connection with Religion, written amidst the illness of its author almost two centuries ago, was the little-known work of a distinguished physician. Seeking to rebut the argument that religion is causative of ‘derangement of the mind’ it takes a surprisingly biological view of such conditions while, at the same time, affirming the importance of faith, hope and love in human well-being. Despite its limitations, it makes observations that remain relevant to debates about religion and psychiatry today.
关于假定与宗教有关的部分精神错乱的论文》(Essays on Partial Derangement of the Mind in Supposed Connection with Religion)是近两个世纪前作者在病中写成的,是一位杰出医生鲜为人知的作品。该书试图反驳宗教会导致 "精神错乱 "的论点,以令人惊讶的生物学观点来看待此类病症,同时肯定了信仰、希望和爱对人类福祉的重要性。尽管有其局限性,但它提出的观点仍然与当今有关宗教和精神病学的辩论息息相关。