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marginaliant's review
5.0
In my mind, this is how mental illness should be studied by historians. Historians who spend their entire works trying to diagnose historical figures with modern illnesses are doing a disservice to historical peoples and to themselves. Understanding them on their own terms, and noting how these change over time, is really the only way to go. This is a wonderful, if short, book on the subject. It's definitely recommended.
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