RESUMO
Throughout his work Johann Christian August Heinroth regarded sin to be the cause of mental illness. The present two-part paper investigates what exactly Heinroth understood by sin. Based on a thorough analysis of his own texts, this study shows that on the one hand Heinroth referred to sin in a Christian-Protestant sense. On the other, however, a moral-ethical code of conduct was also involved. Thus, Heinroth did not regard sin as a singular event, but rather as a life conducted in a wrong way for years or even decades, by which he meant a steady striving towards earthly, bodily satisfaction.
Assuntos
Saúde Holística/história , Transtornos Mentais/história , Molsidomina/história , Psiquiatria/história , Teologia/história , Alemanha , História do Século XVIII , História do Século XIX , Molsidomina/análogos & derivadosRESUMO
Throughout his work Johann Christian August Heinroth regarded sin to be the cause of mental illness. The present two-part paper investigates what exactly Heinroth understood by sin. Based on a thorough analysis of his own texts, this study shows that on the one hand Heinroth referred to sin in a Christian-Protestant sense. On the other, however, a moral-ethical code of conduct was also involved. Thus, Heinroth did not regard sin as a singular event, but rather as a life conducted in a wrong way for years or even decades, by which he meant a steady striving towards earthly, bodily satisfaction.
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Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa/história , Corpo Humano , Transtornos Mentais/história , Molsidomina/história , Psiquiatria/história , Religião e Psicologia , Filosofias Religiosas/história , Alemanha , História do Século XVIII , História do Século XIX , HumanosRESUMO
This paper analyzes the relation between sin, punishment and syphilis during the 19th and 20th centuries. Examination of preventive and therapeutic strategies for venereal infection shows that the deep-rooted connection between conceptions of sin, punishment and venereal disease has lasted well into the 20th century.