The opinions of the world, both in ancient and later ages, concerning the cause of madness, have been two. Some, deriving them from the passions; some, from demons, or spirits, either good or bad, which they thought might enter into a man, possess him, and move his organs in such strange, and uncouth manner, as madmen use to do. The former sort therefore, called such men, madmen: but the latter, called them sometimes demoniacs, (that is, possessed with spirits;) sometimes energumeni, (that is, agitated, or moved with spirits;) and now in Italy they are called, not only pazzi, madmen; but also spiritati, men possessed'.
L'articolo prende in considerazione tutti i passi in cui Hobbes affronta il tema della follia. L'analisi di questi passi mostra l'esistenza di un'eziologia della melanconia basata sul "desiderio di potere".
Thomas Hobbes on Melancholy / M. Simonazzi. - In: HOBBES STUDIES. - ISSN 0921-5891. - 19:1(2006), pp. 31-57. [10.1163/187502506X00033]
Thomas Hobbes on Melancholy
M. SimonazziPrimo
2006
Abstract
The opinions of the world, both in ancient and later ages, concerning the cause of madness, have been two. Some, deriving them from the passions; some, from demons, or spirits, either good or bad, which they thought might enter into a man, possess him, and move his organs in such strange, and uncouth manner, as madmen use to do. The former sort therefore, called such men, madmen: but the latter, called them sometimes demoniacs, (that is, possessed with spirits;) sometimes energumeni, (that is, agitated, or moved with spirits;) and now in Italy they are called, not only pazzi, madmen; but also spiritati, men possessed'.
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