He imposed this notion in a map-territory analogy: "A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a 'similar structure' to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness." Given that science continually seeks to adjust its theories structurally to fit the facts, i.e., improves its maps to fit the territory, and thus advances more rapidly than any other field, he believed that the key to understanding sanity would be found in the study of the methods of science (and the study of structure as revealed by science).
He believed sanity was tied to the logical reasoning about and comprehension of what is going on in the world. Chesterton, sanity involves wholeness, whereas insanity implies narrowness and brokenness.Īlfred Korzybski proposed a theory of sanity in his general semantics. A sane mind is nowadays considered healthy both from its analytical - once called rational - and emotional aspects. In modern society, the term has become exclusively synonymous with compos mentis ( Latin: compos, having mastery of, and Latin: mentis, mind), in contrast with non compos mentis, or insanity, meaning troubled conscience.
Sanity (from Latin: sānitās) refers to the soundness, rationality, and health of the human mind, as opposed to insanity. For the phrase "sound mind in a sound body", see Mens sana in corpore sano.
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