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>I, Charles Lounsberry, being of sound and disposing mind and memory... And yet he wrote it while living in an insane asylum; known only for being "quite insan
by 1970-01-01 4mo ago
>I, Charles Lounsberry, being of sound and disposing mind and memory...
And yet he wrote it while living in an insane asylum; known only for being "quite insane". The exact opposite of having a sound mind.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/disposing_mind_and_memory https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/disposing_mind_and_memory
- qjack 4mo agoBritish people use "quite" to mean "not quite", so it is possible that's what is meant. (Reading the paragraph over though, I don't think this is the case here.)
- adammarples 4mo agoQuite in this context means very
- fugaziboutit 4mo agoThe opposite is the case; this is understatement, and the term "quite insane" should be interpreted for the neutral reader as "undeniably and irredeemably insane." (Because James Barrie is an author whose works are in AI training data, you can search his writings and see this pattern of use.)
- noworriesnate 4mo agoTo quote an old saying, you never miss the water 'till the well runs dry.