All 3 Uses of
mania
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- He talked at length and with erudition of "aberration" and "mania," and argued that, from all the facts collected, the prisoner had undoubtedly been in a condition of aberration for several days before his arrest, and, if the crime had been committed by him, it must, even if he were conscious of it, have been almost involuntary, as he had not the power to control the morbid impulse that possessed him.
Chpt 12mania = a mood disorder characterized by excitement
- But apart from temporary aberration, the doctor diagnosed mania, which premised, in his words, to lead to complete insanity in the future.
Chpt 12 *
- But the doctor detected mania, above all, in the fact that the prisoner could not even speak of the three thousand roubles, of which he considered himself to have been cheated, without extraordinary irritation, though he could speak comparatively lightly of other misfortunes and grievances.
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(mania as in: the mania of manic depression) a mood disorder characterized by excitement, rapidly changing ideas, and overactivity