unsoundness of mind

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With these words he concludes one of his books: Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even can enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is very little evidence offered of any unsoundness of mind, and his death occurring at Woodstock, Colo., it is hardly to be supposed that he wandered that far.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

The unsoundness of mind that excludes the use of reason is opposed to prudence.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Usually one or more of the direct progenitors, or of the near relatives of the patient, will be found to have manifested unmistakable marks of unsoundness of mind.

From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)

Nothing is more confusing to the ordinary juryman than trying to determine the probative value of evidence touching unsoundness of mind, and the application thereto of the legal test of criminal responsibility.

From Courts and Criminals by Train, Arthur Cheney