title: The sin in the aetiological concept of Johann Christian August Heinroth (1773-1843). Part 1: Between theology and psychiatry. Heinroth's concepts of 'whose being', 'freedom', 'reason' and 'disturbance of the soul'.
abstract: Throughout his work Johann Christian August Heinroth regarded sin to be the cause of mental illness. The present two-part paper investigates what exactly Heinroth understood by sin. Based on a thorough analysis of his own texts, this study shows that on the one hand Heinroth referred to sin in a Christian-Protestant sense. On the other, however, a moral-ethical code of conduct was also involved. Thus, Heinroth did not regard sin as a singular event, but rather as a life conducted in a wrong way for years or even decades, by which he meant a steady striving towards earthly, bodily satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Archiv für Leipziger Psychiatriegeschichte, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 20, D-04317 Leipzig, Germany. Email: steinbh@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006694:Holistic Health / Q000266:history*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history*; D008981:Molsidomine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D028725:Theology / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: C002385:linsidomine; D008981:Molsidomine