The sun., 1910-09-12
kRaFFT-EBING ONCRazT GENH s
scIeatlne DlsrossISa sG the Mental Attitude
Sf the RefOrmeT.

mast he admitted that AZ NO time In ths
history ~ the uitrd states haS there been
81 much foolish and unnc p.sary agitation
a. he result Of the a'tIvIty az Neak minded
sensation monEer- aud influential d.
tuTb"r- % the publiH pea - a. - present
For the la-f lie, ide every NeTrurEI ha-
sought the opportunity - ,rttt'ts" the
habits aud morals uf his f-lluw-. - trO'
out the d's"sTded and exploded theories
Of the extreme socialist and anarchist and
In the cheap MAGAZINE. snd elseU here he
has con" Octed preposterous s~sav~ Petvert-
ing scientific facts aud frightening the
timid. The unthinking, ignorant and gull o.
bile have wasted their money upnn thi-
periodical trash ar accepted the reformer-
a. their own valuation PsyChopa'h'C anna
teur- have HfteT spinning impractical theo-
rte- even attacked and Villihed 'he very head
Of the nation who did not sympathye with
them In their extreme views
THIS national unrest has spread 80 that
the pabuum Of the populRce IL dreary and
| empty platitudcs. speeches which eCho the
most Eilly utteFanre= 81 the orators ~ the
French Revolution ideas OF con=erVation
of natural resources which one might eXpect
from any srhOolboy. and excited appeals
10 the lowest instinct of the mob with
B all this there - a NAS, amount Of hypOc risy
, The emotional attitude OF some OF these
] gushing eXponents Of the so-callsd new
| nationallsm ~ indeed hy-teriCal Mr.
] NtlNoFu IltlfhOf nehTOtif ANfeillte OF heb-
dore Roosevelt II said 10 have Artuallv
burst into tears the other day. while the
moods and ful9uratIons Of his patron and
promoter are too familiar 10 an already
J disRus'ed community to need further men
I ton Now. 10 the alienist these things =ug-
gest q most serious and familiar condition
Of affairs. for II - noI dinicult go realize tha'
most OF these noisy people are more or less
unbalanced and some OF them suner from
we'll known psychOsia known a. paran"il.
one division OF which - paTanoia- -reforma-
torA
The basis Of paranoia is the psychopAtht"
temperament which as q rule is Inherited
what an alienis' knows as q psychopath -
an individual OF defective organization who
differs from the average OF his fellows bv
reason Of q conspicuous amount Of mental
! instability and by the expression OF ecCen-
tricitier, and who under the influence of
adequate causes invites the development of
certain well recognized in-anities. the most
important Of which Ia that form marked by
comparative though not real conservation
of many NJ the normal mental operations
with delusions These false beliefs are
limited and vary from paranoid changes 20
we'll marked delusional states. usually Of
suspicion. persecution and conspiracy
Again. the dominant element may he an in
sane vanity or elation. with actual delusions
Of power and grandeur and sometimes
violence
The early life ~ such an individual NAV
he tinctured with morbid constituencies
attacks Of impotent and impul-iVe rage
and . general idea hat Others are inimical
10 him Such a boy AZ college may Wi'hout
apparent reason throw glass or othe-
utensil At his unsuspeCt.nR companion " no
has done nothing. or he NAV even assault
his brother or others A. restaurant or
other public place for no apparent adequate
Cau>e Such a person II easily innamed
hy alcohol or hIS actual delusion may ~
ihtS way be aroused fN.n A. an early
stage th~ slightest opposition leads 20 VA
temperate anger. Or a. other times he NAV
Impu'siyeiy indulge IA blasts of ~corcriug
profanity for 'hs mere love of he thing
According TO Ilpuston. children oI M
lind ~. usually IN" victims ~ develop
mental uglnes- thar - 10 sav handsome
cuflv haired infants grow up uto coarse
and r"pul-rvs men or women With sNsy-
g"rst"d play 81 f~a'Ur" aud are pron- rp
Erima,e constantly
kfsTf-I hing ~ Vienna spca,- 81 'H..
form of parAnoA and ~ 'h- false ,d~n.
whl'h ar" concerned with brilliant deeds
a. poet. artisf d-'oV-rer 50 ial ra:oru-r
founder ~ new religions 4, Ia proportion
to The mental endowment their IDEAS are
-iliV. absurd. or they are original aud a.
trsi siSh' SurprIsing. and ia spite Of all per
V@r-itv and want Of harmony ia n. mental
capabilities they give rVidsn'e ~ certain
mental powers Thus ~ may happ.u hat
the puhic devoid ~ good ,udcueut. msv
take the individual for a genu.- fust ~ on
The Other hand geniu.e- are tak"u Tor fuui-
They come forth ~ times 81 .N,I'..
ment a. di-cuVer~r- ~ new -ortsl and uoltrt.
ai systems for IA" SAVING of 80. lev uf the
founders Oi ideal states or ne ortginafuf-
~ new religions se-1- A, n - In'rt@-ttnr
20 observe how A. such un's~ = foot M .e-
not ten hu' thousand f"u'- l"~ whole
sect ions of ne people are infected by the
oTtgInaliiy and eyceutr,.it itir- 81 such ,talN
demaEoruss attracted bN her fauait.
zeal founded sometimes on hailu.iuariun-.
and 'heir d~lusions 81 grandeur. Rnd 'hruugh
heIr original weak m ndrd p.ry"rs on- and
want Of logic they regard the manifestations
"t sound thinkinR a. yeNa'ion- created Nv
heir opponents a. manifeStationS of real
ousy or rivalry or of fear of their remark
ab'e 'aleni, In the SsNum those patients
continu~ 90 elaborate their parannir IDEAS
~ reform they live only for themselves aud
for 'hei- dreams ~ the future awaiting the
moment when these -hall ~. realized In
the ,uur-- 81 wears the personality l. ofr ~n
transformed INTO an indiN duality Gutjs
demen'sd. und evidences Of confusion and
mental debility become apparent
such persons are often intoleraut 81 ~s
iahiShed authority. especially n they think
u nisrferes or even l. not IN harmony
with their own eytraNagan' ideas Flse-
where the unrecosniyed paranoic has a.
r7lle como into conflict with the lav. and
when punished he still rails and breaches
martyrtiom These iamrn'ahlr states ~
mind " hitch are often undstsc'cd bN the 1
~ informed. do not slwaN- extend to .V-
trame delusionAl INSANITY The frank -
an example Of the p-ychopa'hic personal |
ity. and white indusr riouslv striving 10 |
propsga'e his zhasy and Illogical GOSPEL |
Of reform manfests his unsoundns - not |
only nv the highly ChaFartartsti,, form - 4