The sin in the aetiological concept of Johann Christian August Heinroth (1773-1843): Part 2: Self-guilt as turning away from reason in the framework of Heinroth's concept of the interrelationships between body and soul.

Full Abstract

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.

Author information

Author/s: Steinberg, Holger (H);

Affiliation: Archiv für Leipziger Psychiatriegeschichte, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Universität Leipzig. Email: steinbh(-atsign-)medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: History of psychiatry (Hist Psychiatry), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2004-Dec; vol 15 (issue 60 Pt 4) : pp 437-54

Dates: Created 2005/01/03; Completed 2005/02/10; Revised 2008/11/21;

PMID: 15628028, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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