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Sanity (from Latin: sānitās) refers to the soundness, rationality, and health of the human mind, as opposed to insanity. A person is sane if they are rational. In modern society, the term has become exclusively synonymous with compos mentis (Latin: compos, lit. 'having mastery of' and Latin: mentis, lit. 'mind'). The contrast is non compos mentis, or insanity. According to the writer G. K. Chesterton,[1] sanity involves wholeness, whereas insanity implies narrowness and brokenness.
A sane mind is nowadays considered healthy both in its analytical (once called rational) and emotional aspects.[2]
- ^ Chesterton, G. K. 2002. The Outline of Sanity. IHS Press
- ^ Anderson, Steven W.; Antoine Bechara; Hanna Damasio; Daniel Tranel; Antonio R. Damasio (1999). "Impairment of social and moral behavior related to early damage in human prefrontal cortex" (PDF). Nature Neuroscience. 2 (11): 1032–7. doi:10.1038/14833. PMID 10526345. S2CID 204990285. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-18.