The Love Sickness of Science?
March 8, 2010
Love sickness was viewed as a sexual transmitted illness caught by sight. The eye and how it views species is a fascinating subject and seems central to answering many questions of particular interest to me. Just how dependant is logic on what can be seen? What species of image form from words, both written and spoken? It was suggested in one late 17th century Scottish text that this should become a new academic subject.
The study of second sight and the vision of the seer.
I seem to have suffered from love at first sight glancing thorough the pages of this book (link below), which came as a recommendation to read on the subject. The five sense’s seem central to answering a number of outstanding questions I have concerning, magic, words and images and the evolution of ethnology in Scotland from Martin Martin in the late 17th century to the Duke of Argyll and J.F Campbell in the 19th century.
