Sanity implies the ability to act rationally with an added ability to think and plan. Insanity implies acting out of irrationality maybe under the guide of delusions and hallucinations.
This is an oversimplification but it goes some way to making a demarcation between the two.
However, any student of neuroscience or neuropsychology understands that sanity is nothing but a thin tightrope upon whch we all walk extremely carefully. There are any number of diseases, tumours, neurodegeneration which can rob us of our sanity and sense of self.
Even a humble UTI may drive someone to the edge of madness. Just like any ability we think we have, this can be taken away in a second due to circumstance and as Shakespeares wrote 'the outrageous slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.'
Sanity implies the ability to act rationally with an added ability to think and plan. Insanity implies acting out of irrationality maybe under the guide of delusions and hallucinations.
This is an oversimplification but it goes some way to making a demarcation between the two.
However, any student of neuroscience or neuropsychology understands that sanity is nothing but a thin tightrope upon whch we all walk extremely carefully. There are any number of diseases, tumours, neurodegeneration which can rob us of our sanity and sense of self.
Even a humble UTI may drive someone to the edge of madness. Just like any ability we think we have, this can be taken away in a second due to circumstance and as Shakespeares wrote 'the outrageous slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.'